Where: Ecuador (0.4° S, 90.3° W: paleocoordinates 0.7° S, 92.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, for which stratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: White and yellowish tuffaceous strata interbedded
•with lava.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, tuffaceous, white, yellow siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Hertlein in 1932; reposited in the CAS
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), sieve,
• COLLECTOR: L.G. Hertlein, 1932. REPOSITORY: CAS.
Primary reference: L. G. Hertlein. 1972. Pliocene fossils from Baltra (South Seymour) Island, Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 39(3):25-46 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96596: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.06.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Echinoidea | |
Encope micropora Agassiz 1841 sand dollar | |
Bivalvia | |
Modiolus capax Conrad 1837 mussel | |
Barbatia reeveana d'Orbigny 1846 clam | |
"Arca (Arcopsis) solida" = Arcopsis solida
"Arca (Arcopsis) solida" = Arcopsis solida Sowerby I 1833 clam | |
Glycymeris maculata Broderip 1832 clam | |
Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846 jingle | |
Argopecten ventricosus, "Chlamys (Nodipecten) magnifica" = Nodipecten magnificus, Pecten (Pecten) slevini
Argopecten ventricosus Sowerby 1842 calico scallop
"Chlamys (Nodipecten) magnifica" = Nodipecten magnificus Sowerby 1835 scallop
Pecten (Pecten) slevini Dall and Oschner 1928 scallop | |
Ostrea sp., "Ostrea megodon" = Undulostrea megodon
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
"Ostrea megodon" = Undulostrea megodon Hanley 1846 oyster | |
Atrina cf. tuberculosa oyster | |
Megapitaria cf. aurantiaca, Protothaca (Tropithaca) cf. seymourensis, "Protothaca (Tropithaca) grata" = Leukoma grata, "Nioche cf. zorritensis" = Leukoma metodon, Chione undatella
Megapitaria cf. aurantiaca Sowerby 1831 venus clam
Protothaca (Tropithaca) cf. seymourensis Dall and Oschner 1928 venus clam
"Protothaca (Tropithaca) grata" = Leukoma grata Say 1831 venus clam
"Nioche cf. zorritensis" = Leukoma metodon Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 venus clam
Chione undatella Sowerby I 1835 venus clam | |
| |
"Cardium elenense" = Laevicardium substriatum
"Cardium elenense" = Laevicardium substriatum Conrad 1837 cockle | |
"Florimetis cognata" = Psammotreta (Leporimetis) cognata
"Florimetis cognata" = Psammotreta (Leporimetis) cognata Pilsbry and Vanatta 1902 tellin clam | |
Tagelus sp. Gray 1847 clam | |
Cumingia cf. lamellosa Sowerby 1833 clam | |
Ctena galapagana Dall 1901 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Cerithium adustum cerith snail | |
Alaba supralirata Carpenter 1857 snail | |
"Turritella broderipiana" = Turritella (Broderiptella) broderipiana, Vermicularia eburnea
"Turritella broderipiana" = Turritella (Broderiptella) broderipiana d'Orbigny 1840 turret shell SUBSPECIES: Turritella broderipiana marmorata
Vermicularia eburnea Reeve 1842 turret shell | |
Modulus cerodes snail | |
Polinices uber Valenciennes 1821 moon snail
Polinices dubius Récluz 1843 moon snail | |
Hipponix pilosus hoof shell | |
Granulina margaritida snail
Persicula imbricata snail
Persicula cf. phrygia snail
Persicula sp. Schumacher 1817 snail | |
Granula cf. minor margin shell
Granula cf. polita margin shell
Granula sp. Jousseaume 1875 margin shell
Volvarina taeniolata Mörch 1860 margin shell | |
"Cancellaria cf. ovata" = Cancellaria (Cancellaria) ovata
"Cancellaria cf. ovata" = Cancellaria (Cancellaria) ovata Sowerby 1832 snail | |
Cytharella camarina snail
Mangelia cf. hancocki Hertlein and Strong 1939 snail | |
Conus cf. lucidus cone shell
Conus fergusoni Sowerby 1875 cone shell | |
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
Fusinus dupetitthouarsii snail | |
"Strombina gibberula" = Sincola (Dorsina) gibberula, Anachis cf. tabogaensis, Pyrene fuscata, Pyrene haemastoma
"Strombina gibberula" = Sincola (Dorsina) gibberula Sowerby 1832 snail
Anachis cf. tabogaensis snail
Pyrene fuscata snail
Pyrene haemastoma snail | |
Nassarius nodicinctus Adams 1852 snail | |
"Cypraea nigropunctata" = Pseudozonaria nigropunctata
"Cypraea nigropunctata" = Pseudozonaria nigropunctata Gray 1828 cowry | |
"Trivia pacifica" = Niveria (Niveria) pacifica, "Trivia radians" = Pusula radians
"Trivia pacifica" = Niveria (Niveria) pacifica Gray 1832 snail
"Trivia radians" = Pusula radians Lamarck 1810 snail | |
"Erato (Hespererato) marginata" = Hespererato (Hespererato) marginata
"Erato (Hespererato) marginata" = Hespererato (Hespererato) marginata Morch 1860 snail SUBSPECIES: Erato (Hespererato) marginata galapagensis
| |
Alvania cf. galapagensis, Alvania cf. halia, Alvania cf. hoodensis, Alvania cf. nemo, Rissoina cf. firmata, Rissoina signae
Alvania cf. galapagensis snail
Alvania cf. halia snail
Alvania cf. hoodensis snail
Alvania cf. nemo snail
Rissoina cf. firmata snail
Rissoina signae snail | |
"Amphithalmus trosti" = Amphithalamus
"Amphithalmus trosti" = Amphithalamus snail | |
Cerithiopsis curtata snail | |
Triphora cf. panamensis snail | |
Tectarius galapagensis periwinkle | |
Balcis cf. berryi snail | |
Nerita oligopleura Dall and Oschner 1928 snail | |
"Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) houseri" = Chemnitzia, Pyramidella (Triptychus) cf. olssoni, Pyramidella (Voluspa) sp., "Odostomia (Miralda) galapagensis" = Miralda, Odostomia (Menestho) aequisculpta, Iselica cf. kochi, "Odostomia (Chrysallida) rinella" = Chrysallida
"Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) houseri" = Chemnitzia snail
Pyramidella (Voluspa) sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
"Odostomia (Miralda) galapagensis" = Miralda snail
Iselica cf. kochi snail
"Odostomia (Chrysallida) rinella" = Chrysallida snail | |
Pedipes angulatus snail | |
Gastrocopta munita slug | |
Bulla punctulata Adams 1850 snail | |
Acteocina infrequens Adams 1852 barrel-bubble
Cylichna cf. defuncta snail | |
Tegula snodgrassi snail
Tegula forbesi Dall and Oschner 1928 snail | |
Turbo agonistes Dall and Oschner 1928 snail
Turbo vermiculosus Dall and Oschner 1928 snail | |