Also known as Reef 3991
Where: Azores, Portugal (37.0° N, 25.1° W: paleocoordinates 37.0° N, 25.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• unit A2, MIS 5.5
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: S. P. Ávila, P. Madeira, C. Zazo, A. Kroh, M. Kirby, C. Marques Silva, M. Cachao and A. M. Frias Martins. 2009. Palaeoecology of the Pleistocene (MIS 5) outcrops of Santa Maria Island (Azores) in a complex oceanic tectonic setting. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 274:18-31 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/S. Ávila]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 89618: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.06.2009, edited by Jocelyn Sessa
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Florideophyceae | |
Titanoderma pustulatum, Lithophyllum incrustans, Neogoniolithon brassicaflorida, Spongites fruticulosus
Titanoderma pustulatum Lamouroux 1816
Lithophyllum incrustans Philippi 1837 | |
unclassified | |
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Gastropoda | |
Patella candei d'Orbigny 1840 limpet
Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin 1791 limpet | |
Jujubinus pseudogravinae top snail
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
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Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap | |
Rissoa guernei snail
Cingula trifasciata snail | |
"Stramonita haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma, Morula nodulosa, "Coralliophila meyendorffi" = Coralliophila meyendorffii, Ocinebrina aciculata
"Stramonita haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail Stramonita haemastoma haemastoma
Morula nodulosa murex snail
"Coralliophila meyendorffi" = Coralliophila meyendorffii Calcara 1845 murex snail
Ocinebrina aciculata murex snail | |
Mitra cornea mitre shell | |
Cantharus variegatus Gray 1839 true whelk | |
Conus ambiguus cone shell
Conus cf. ermineus Born 1778 cone shell | |
Bursa scrobiculator frog shell | |
Caecum cf. armoricum de Folin 1869 snail | |
"Polynices lacteus" = Polinices, Naticarius dillwyni
"Polynices lacteus" = Polinices moon snail
Naticarius dillwyni moon snail | |
Littorina striata periwinkle | |
"Cylichnina sp." = Retusa (Cylichnina)
"Cylichnina sp." = Retusa (Cylichnina) Monterasato 1884 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Lucinella divaricata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Parvicardium vroomi cockle
Laevicardium crassum Gmelin 1791 cockle | |
"Myoforceps aristatus" = Lithophaga (Myoforceps), "Myoforceps aristata" = Lithophaga aristata
"Myoforceps aristatus" = Lithophaga (Myoforceps) mussel
"Myoforceps aristata" = Lithophaga aristata Dillwyn 1817 mussel | |
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona Poli 1795 clam | |
Neopycnodonte cf. cochlear Poli 1795 oyster | |
Lima cf. lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam | |
Nodipecten corallinoides scallop | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 |