Where: Spain (28.1° N, 15.4° W: paleocoordinates 28.1° N, 15.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Interpreted by Lecointre et al (1967) as Tyrrhenian I=Ouljian (Late Pleistocene). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From silty sand.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Lecointre & Richards in 1962-1963; reposited in the MNHN
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: G. Lecointre and H.G. Richards, 1962-1963. REPOSITORY: Laboratoire de Malacologie, Paris Museum (MNHN).
Primary reference: G. Lecointre, K. J. Tinkler, and H. G. Richards. 1967. The marine Quaternary of the Canary Islands. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 119(8):325-344 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/S. Ávila]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 127360: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.05.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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•Meco et al (2002) are critical of the age assignment and taxonomic identifications of Lecointre et al, and suggest that these collections may be contaminated by archeological specimens: "possible errors caused by the mingling of fossils with archaeological remains consumer at the site, or perhaps by intricate synonyms that would be difficult to follow up, or because of incorrect taxonomical determinations, or inaccurate localities in museum collections."
Gastropoda | |
Smaragdia viridis Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Turbonilla (Apicularia) sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
"Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) sp." = Thericium
"Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) sp." = Thericium Monterosato 1809 snail | |
Triphora perversa Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849 snail | |
Polinices lacteus, "Natica catena" = Euspira catena
Polinices lacteus Guilding 1834 moon snail
"Natica catena" = Euspira catena da Costa 1778 moon snail | |
Littorina cingulifera periwinkle | |
Hydrobia sp. Hartmann 1821 snail | |
Caecum sp. Fleming 1813 snail | |
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Alvania (Acinopsis) sp. Risso 1826 snail
Rissoa sp. Fréminville 1814 snail
Folinia (Manzonia) sp. Crosse 1868 snail | |
Barleeia sp. Clark 1853 snail | |
"Cypraea cf. lurida" = Luria lurida, "Cypraea spurca" = Erosaria spurca
"Cypraea cf. lurida" = Luria lurida Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea spurca" = Erosaria spurca Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Mitra zerbina mitre shell | |
Columbella rustica snail | |
Nassarius maderensis snail
Bullia miran snail | |
"Purpura (Thais) haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma
"Purpura (Thais) haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail | |
Marginella cf. amygdala margin shell
Marginella glabella Linnaeus 1758 margin shell | |
Strombus bubonius conch | |
Bittium sp. Gray 1847 cerith snail
Bittium lacteum cerith snail | |
Patella lowei, "Patella caerula" = Patella caerulea
Patella lowei limpet
"Patella caerula" = Patella caerulea Linnaeus 1758 limpet | |
Gibbula cf. pennanti, Monodonta tamsi, Monodonta turbinata, Clanculus bertheloti, Calliostoma exasperatum, Calliostoma sp.
Gibbula cf. pennanti top snail
Monodonta tamsi top snail
Monodonta turbinata top snail
Clanculus bertheloti top snail
Calliostoma exasperatum top snail
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Diodora gibberula Lamarck 1822 snail | |
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus 1758 abalone | |
Cylichna truncata snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam | |
Donax sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Venus verrucosus venus clam | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Brachydontes | |
Brachydontes sp. Swainson 1840 |