Also known as Loc. 1
Where: Bermuda (32.4° N, 64.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Devonshire Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Devonshire Formation, which lies between the Belmont Fm (Middle Pleistocene) and the Harrington Fm (Middle-Late Pleistocene). THICKNESS: Unknown thickness of unit AGE: Shells are radiometrically dated to 120 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 67946: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.12.2006
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Cittarium pica Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
Fissurella barbadensis Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Serpulorbis decussatus Gmelin 1791 worm shell | |
Hipponix subrufus hoof shell | |
"Cantharus tinctus" = Gemophos tinctus
"Cantharus tinctus" = Gemophos tinctus Conrad 1846 true whelk | |
Oliva reticularis Lamarck 1811 olive snail
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail | |
Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830 limpet | |
Siphonaria alternata Say 1826 pulmonate | |
Bivalvia | |
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam | |
Chama macerophylla Gmelin 1791 jewel box | |
"Codakia costata" = Parvilucina costata, Lucina pensylvanica
"Codakia costata" = Parvilucina costata d'Orbigny 1846 clam | |
Glycymeris americana Defrance 1826 clam | |
Spondylus americanus Hermann 1781 scallop | |
Botula fusca Gmelin 1791 mussel |