Also known as Loc. 10
Where: Bermuda (32.3° N, 64.8° W: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 64.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Devonshire Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Devonshire Formation, which lies between the Belmont Fm (Middle Pleistocene) and the Harrington Fm (Middle-Late Pleistocene). THICKNESS: Unknown thickness of unit AGE: Shells are radiometrically dated to 120 Ka. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position with unit.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: foreshore; poorly lithified, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Reposited in the ANSP
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: H.G. Richards and T. Skymer (June, 1967), B. Bitters (June, 1968), and previously S. B. Upchurch and L. Vacher. REPOSITORY: Dept. of Geology, Academy of Natural Sciences.
Primary reference: H. G. Richards, R. T. Abbott, and T. Skymer. 1969. The marine Pleistocene mollusks of Bermuda. Notulae Naturae 425:1-10 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 67963: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.12.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Cittarium pica Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
Fissurella barbadensis Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail | |
Latirus brevicaudatus snail | |
Polinices lacteus Guilding 1834 moon snail | |
Serpulorbis decussatus Gmelin 1791 worm shell
Dendropoma irregulare d'Orbigny 1841 worm shell | |
Nerita tessellata Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Barbatia domingensis" = Acar domingensis, Arca zebra
"Barbatia domingensis" = Acar domingensis Lamarck 1819 miniature ark
Arca zebra Swainson 1833 ark | |
Glycymeris americana Defrance 1826 clam | |
Spondylus americanus Hermann 1781 scallop | |
Brachidontes exustus Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Chama macerophylla Gmelin 1791 jewel box |