Where: Iceland (66.2° N, 17.2° W: paleocoordinates 66.2° N, 17.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• Horizon 19 upper within the Serripes Zone of the Tjornes Sequence in Bardarson's Horizons.
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandstone
Collection methods: bulk
• Samples of 2-3kg were taken in Baroarson's horizons. Quantitative mollusc analyses were carried out on about 1kg of each sample by picking apart the material.
Primary reference: P. E. P. Norton. 1975. Unpublished census data for the Mollusca of the Tjornes sequence, Iceland. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79980: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Kate Bulinski on 31.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk | |
Admete viridula Fabricius 1780 admete | |
Natica sp., "Natica clausa" = Cryptonatica affinis
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
"Natica clausa" = Cryptonatica affinis Gmelin 1791 moon snail | |
Rissoa sp. Fréminville 1814 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Musculus niger Gray 1824 mussel | |
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
"Mya pseudoarenaria" = Mya (Mya) pseudoarenaria
"Mya pseudoarenaria" = Mya (Mya) pseudoarenaria Schlesch 1931 softshell clam | |
Lentidium complanatum Lamarck 1822 clam | |
"Serripes groenlandicus" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus
"Serripes groenlandicus" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus Mohr 1786 cockle | |
Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam
Macoma praetenuis Leathes in Woodward 1830 tellin clam
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea Gmelin 1792 tellin clam
Macoma obliqua Sowerby 1817 tellin clam | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Venericardia borealis" = Cyclocardia borealis
"Venericardia borealis" = Cyclocardia borealis Conrad 1831 clam |