Where: Spain (28.2° N, 15.4° W: paleocoordinates 28.2° 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 fossiliferous sandy, which is overlain by a deposit containing pieces of lava and terrestrial molluscs. Fossils extend to an elevation of 8 m.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, calcareous 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 127359: 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."
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Patella lowei, "Patella gomesi" = Patella candei gomesii, Patella longicosta, Patella ulyssiponensis
Patella lowei limpet
"Patella gomesi" = Patella candei gomesii Drouet 1858 limpet
Patella longicosta Lamarck 1819 limpet | |
"Turbo rugosus" = Bolma rugosus
"Turbo rugosus" = Bolma rugosus Linnaeus 1767 snail | |
Tricolia pulla snail | |
Monodonta richardi top snail
Monodonta turbinata top snail | |
Diodora gibberula Lamarck 1822 snail
Fissurella gibba Philippi 1836 snail | |
Cerithium procerum cerith snail | |
"Purpura (Thais) haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma, "Purpura (Acanthina) crassilabrum" = Crassilabrum crassilabrum
"Purpura (Thais) haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail
"Purpura (Acanthina) crassilabrum" = Crassilabrum crassilabrum Sowerby 1834 murex snail | |
Marginella miliacea margin shell | |
Mitra zerbina mitre shell | |
Columbella rustica snail | |
Strombus bubonius conch | |
"Aporrhais pespelicani" = Aporrhais pespelecani
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Bursa cf. scrobiculator frog shell | |
Littorina affinis periwinkle | |
Bivalvia | |
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Jagonia eburnea" = Ctena
"Jagonia eburnea" = Ctena clam | |
Venus verrucosus venus clam | |
"Chama gryphina" = Pseudochama (Pseudochama) gryphina
"Chama gryphina" = Pseudochama (Pseudochama) gryphina Lamarck 1819 jewel box | |
Chlamys inaequicostalis scallop |