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 17 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 Unpublished census data for the Mollusca of the Tjornes sequence, Iceland.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 79894: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 26.03.2008, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana minuta Müller 1776 pointed nut clam | |
Chlamys (Chlamys) tjornesensis MacNeil 1967 scallop | |
Cyrtodaria angusta Nyst and Westendorp 1839 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 | |
Pygocardia rustica Sowerby 1818 clam | |
Lentidium complanatum Lamarck 1822 clam | |
Mya schwarzbachi softshell clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Admete viridula Fabricius 1780 admete | |
"Bela borealis" = Curtitoma decussata, "Bela scalaris" = Propebela scalaris
"Bela borealis" = Curtitoma decussata Couthouy 1839 cone shell
"Bela scalaris" = Propebela scalaris Möller 1842 cone shell | |
Bela plicifera snail | |
Nassarius tjornesensis snail | |
Columbella alba snail | |
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk | |
Solariella sp. Wood 1842 snail |