Also known as Loc. 6
Where: Bermuda (32.3° N, 64.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 64.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Spencer's Point Formation, Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Spencer's Point Formation (Middle-Late Pleistocene), which lies between the Pembroke Fm (Middle-Late Pleistocene) and the Southampton Fm (Late Pleistocene). THICKNESS: Unknown thickness of unit AGE: Shells are radiometrically dated to 130 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 67950: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.12.2006
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 | |
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
"Leucozonia cingulifera" = Leucozonia nassa
"Leucozonia cingulifera" = Leucozonia nassa Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Cyphoma gibbosum Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Littorina lineolata" = Littorina obtusata
"Littorina lineolata" = Littorina obtusata Linnaeus 1758 periwinkle | |
Serpulorbis decussatus Gmelin 1791 worm shell | |
Siphonaria alternata Say 1826 pulmonate | |
Bivalvia | |
Chama macerophylla Gmelin 1791 jewel box |