Punta Canoa (Pleistocene of Ecuador)

Where: Ecuador (1.2° S, 80.9° W: paleocoordinates 1.2° S, 80.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

• 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.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Common beach species.
• LITHOLOGY: Unknown, but presumably siliciclastic.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Olsson in 1937

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Olsson, A.A., 1937. RESPOSITORY:

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97639: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.08.2010, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for Mollusca, although further collection should lengthen faunal list. REPOSITORY: Presumably the ANSP.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella goniostoma" = Turritella gonostoma
"Turritella goniostoma" = Turritella gonostoma Valenciennes 1832 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus gracilior" = Strombus (Strombus) gracilior
"Strombus gracilior" = Strombus (Strombus) gracilior Sowerby 1825 conch
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Oliva angulata" = Oliva (Oliva) incrassata
"Oliva angulata" = Oliva (Oliva) incrassata Lightfoot 1786 olive snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea ringens Swainson 1822 tun shell
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca tuberculosa" = Anadara tuberculosa
"Arca tuberculosa" = Anadara tuberculosa Sowerby I 1833 ark
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris inaequalis" = Glycymeris (Axinactis) inaequalis Sowerby 1832 clam
Glycymeris maculata Broderip 1832 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten ventricosus" = Argopecten ventricosus, "Pecten dentatus" = Euvola vogdesi, "Pecten subnodosus" = Nodipecten subnodosus
"Pecten ventricosus" = Argopecten ventricosus Sowerby 1842 calico scallop
"Pecten dentatus" = Euvola vogdesi Arnold 1906 scallop
"Pecten subnodosus" = Nodipecten subnodosus Sowerby 1836 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea prismatica" = Striostrea prismatica
"Ostrea prismatica" = Striostrea prismatica Gray 1825 oyster
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Macrocallista aurantiaca" = Megapitaria aurantiaca, Dosinia ponderosa, "Antigona multicostata" = Periglypta multicostata, Chione sp.2
"Macrocallista aurantiaca" = Megapitaria aurantiaca Sowerby 1831 venus clam
Dosinia ponderosa Gray 1838 venus clam
"Antigona multicostata" = Periglypta multicostata Sowerby 1835 venus clam
Chione sp.2 von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Mulinia byronensis" = Mulinia coloradoensis
"Mulinia byronensis" = Mulinia coloradoensis Dall 1894 clam
 Cardiida - Anatinellidae
"Labiosa undulata" = Raeta undulata
"Labiosa undulata" = Raeta undulata Gould 1851 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium magnificum" = Ctenocardia biangulata, "Cardium procerum" = Mexicardia procera, "Cardium senticosum" = Dallocardia senticosum
"Cardium magnificum" = Ctenocardia biangulata Broderip and Sowerby 1829 cockle
"Cardium procerum" = Mexicardia procera Sowerby 1833 cockle
"Cardium senticosum" = Dallocardia senticosum Sowerby 1833 cockle
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia cuvieri" = Cardites crassicostata
"Venericardia cuvieri" = Cardites crassicostata Sowerby 1825 clam
Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus cf. brachyurus1 Gunther 1870 requiem shark
Rhizoprionodon sp.1 Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark
Rhizoprionodon taxandriae1 Leriche 1926 sharpnose shark
Rhizoprionodon longurio1 Jordan and Gilbert 1882 sharpnose shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna media1 Springer 1940 hammerhead shark