Elie (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)
Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (56.2° N, 2.8° W: paleocoordinates 56.2° N, 2.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: T. Brown. 1867. On the Arctic shell-clay of Elie and Errol, viewed in connection with other glacial and more recent deposits. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 24(3):617-633 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 140361: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Bivalvia | |
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Pecten groenlandicus scallop | |
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Crenella laevigata mussel
Crenella decussata Montagu 1808 mussel | |
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Astarte compressa Montague 1808 clam | |
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Tellina proxima tellin clam | |
"Saxicava rugosa" = Hiatella
"Saxicava rugosa" = Hiatella clam | |
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Thracia myopsis clam | |
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Nucula inflata Wissmann 1841 nut clam | |
"Leda (Yoldia) truncata" = Portlandia arctica
"Leda (Yoldia) truncata" = Portlandia arctica Gray 1824 clam | |
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Leda (Yoldia) minuta Winckler 1861 pointed nut clam | |
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| Gastropoda | |
"Fusus sp." = Rostellaria (Fusus)
"Fusus sp." = Rostellaria (Fusus) Bruguière 1789 true conch | |
"Natica groenlandica" = Euspira pallida
"Natica groenlandica" = Euspira pallida Broderip and Sowerby 1829 moon snail | |
"Turritella erosa" = Tachyrhynchus erosus
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