Punta Canoa: Calabrian, Ecuador
collected by Olsson 1937
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella goniostoma
(Valenciennes 1832)
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| original and current combination Turritella gonostoma | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Malea ringens
(Swainson 1822)
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus gracilior
Sowerby 1825
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| recombined as Strombus (Strombus) gracilior | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva angulata
Lamarck 1811
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| synonym of Oliva (Oliva) incrassata | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea prismatica
Gray 1825
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| recombined as Striostrea prismatica | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten subnodosus
Sowerby 1836
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| recombined as Nodipecten subnodosus | |||||||
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Pecten dentatus
Sowerby 1842
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| synonym of Euvola vogdesi | |||||||
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Pecten ventricosus
Sowerby 1842
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| recombined as Argopecten ventricosus | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris inaequalis
(Sowerby 1832)
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| recombined as Glycymeris (Axinactis) inaequalis | |||||||
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Glycymeris maculata
(Broderip 1832)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca tuberculosa
Sowerby I 1833
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| recombined as Anadara tuberculosa | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Anatinellidae
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Labiosa undulata
(Gould 1851)
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| recombined as Raeta undulata | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mulinia byronensis
Gray 1837
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| replaced by Mulinia coloradoensis | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Macrocallista aurantiaca
(Sowerby 1831)
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| recombined as Megapitaria aurantiaca | |||||||
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Antigona multicostata
(Sowerby 1835)
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| recombined as Periglypta multicostata | |||||||
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Dosinia ponderosa
(Gray 1838)
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Chione subrostrata
(Lamarck 1818)
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= Chione sp.
von Mühlfield 1811
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Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012 | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium magnificum
Carpenter 1857
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| synonym of Ctenocardia biangulata | |||||||
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Cardium senticosum
Sowerby 1833
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| recombined as Dallocardia senticosum | |||||||
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Cardium procerum
Sowerby 1833
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| recombined as Mexicardia procera | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia cuvieri
(Broderip 1832)
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| synonym of Cardites crassicostata | |||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Rhizoprionodon sp.
Whitley 1929
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Carillo-Briceño et al. 2014 | ||||||
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Rhizoprionodon taxandriae
Leriche 1926
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Carillo-Briceño et al. 2014 | ||||||
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Rhizoprionodon longurio
(Jordan and Gilbert 1882)
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Carillo-Briceño et al. 2014 | ||||||
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Carcharhinus cf. brachyurus
(Gunther 1870)
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Carillo-Briceño et al. 2014 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Sphyrnidae
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Sphyrna media
Springer 1940
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Carillo-Briceño et al. 2014 | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Ecuador |
| Coordinates: | 1.2° South, 80.9° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.2° South, 80.7° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Calabrian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Calabrian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 1.80000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From an unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, which overlies the Pliocene Canoa Formation. AGE: Authors state that the presence of certain extinct species suggest that a Pliocene age is more likely than a Pleistocene age. STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unknown part of the succession. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Unknown, but presumably siliciclastic. | |
| Environment: | shoreface |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Common beach species. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Olsson | Collection dates: | 1937 |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Olsson, A.A., 1937. RESPOSITORY: | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for Mollusca, although further collection should lengthen faunal list. REPOSITORY: Presumably the ANSP. | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 97639 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | A. Hendy, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-08-17 14:34:09 | Last modified: | 2020-06-11 15:06:59 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2011-08-17 14:34:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13814. | H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson. 1941. A Pliocene fauna from Western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 93:1-79 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 61721 | J. D. Carillo-Briceño, O. A. Aguilera, and F. Rodriguez. 2014. Fossil Chondrichthyes from the central eastern Pacific Ocean and their paleoceanographic significance. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 51:76-90 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen] | |
| 41911 | E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott. 2012. Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. Santa Barbara museum of Natural history monographs 6:1-1258 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/M. Uhen] | |
| 32800 | A. M. Keen. 1971. Sea Shells of Tropical West America 1-1064 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |