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 | |
Gastropoda | |
Bulla punctulata Adams 1850 snail | |
Acteocina infrequens Adams 1852 barrel-bubble
Cylichna cf. defuncta snail | |
Tectarius galapagensis periwinkle | |
Hipponix pilosus hoof shell | |
Polinices dubius Récluz 1843 moon snail
Polinices uber Valenciennes 1821 moon snail | |
"Cypraea nigropunctata" = Pseudozonaria nigropunctata
"Cypraea nigropunctata" = Pseudozonaria nigropunctata Gray 1828 cowry | |
"Trivia radians" = Pusula radians, "Trivia pacifica" = Niveria (Niveria) pacifica
"Trivia radians" = Pusula radians Lamarck 1810 snail
"Trivia pacifica" = Niveria (Niveria) pacifica Gray 1832 snail | |
"Erato (Hespererato) marginata" = Hespererato (Hespererato) marginata
"Erato (Hespererato) marginata" = Hespererato (Hespererato) marginata Morch 1860 snail SUBSPECIES: Erato (Hespererato) marginata galapagensis
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Cytharella camarina snail
Mangelia cf. hancocki Hertlein and Strong 1939 snail | |
Conus cf. lucidus cone shell
Conus fergusoni Sowerby 1875 cone shell | |
Volvarina taeniolata Mörch 1860 margin shell
Granula cf. minor margin shell
Granula cf. polita margin shell
Granula sp. Jousseaume 1875 margin shell | |
Granulina margaritida snail
Persicula imbricata snail
Persicula cf. phrygia snail
Persicula sp. Schumacher 1817 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 | |
"Cancellaria cf. ovata" = Cancellaria (Cancellaria) ovata
"Cancellaria cf. ovata" = Cancellaria (Cancellaria) ovata Sowerby 1832 snail | |
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
Triphora cf. panamensis snail | |
Cerithiopsis curtata snail | |
"Amphithalmus trosti" = Amphithalamus
"Amphithalmus trosti" = Amphithalamus snail | |
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 | |
Cerithium adustum cerith snail | |
Alaba supralirata Carpenter 1857 snail | |
Modulus cerodes snail | |
Vermicularia eburnea, "Turritella broderipiana" = Turritella (Broderiptella) broderipiana
Vermicularia eburnea Reeve 1842 turret shell
"Turritella broderipiana" = Turritella (Broderiptella) broderipiana d'Orbigny 1840 turret shell SUBSPECIES: Turritella broderipiana marmorata
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Balcis cf. berryi 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 | |
Gastrocopta munita slug | |
Pedipes angulatus snail | |
"Odostomia (Miralda) galapagensis" = Miralda, "Odostomia (Chrysallida) rinella" = Chrysallida, "Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) houseri" = Chemnitzia, Iselica cf. kochi, Odostomia (Menestho) aequisculpta, Pyramidella (Triptychus) cf. olssoni, Pyramidella (Voluspa) sp.
"Odostomia (Miralda) galapagensis" = Miralda snail
"Odostomia (Chrysallida) rinella" = Chrysallida snail
"Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) houseri" = Chemnitzia snail
Iselica cf. kochi snail
Pyramidella (Voluspa) sp. Lamarck 1799 snail | |
Nerita oligopleura Dall and Oschner 1928 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Glycymeris maculata Broderip 1832 clam | |
"Arca (Arcopsis) solida" = Arcopsis solida
"Arca (Arcopsis) solida" = Arcopsis solida Sowerby I 1833 clam | |
Barbatia reeveana d'Orbigny 1846 clam | |
Atrina cf. tuberculosa oyster | |
Ostrea sp., "Ostrea megodon" = Undulostrea megodon
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
"Ostrea megodon" = Undulostrea megodon Hanley 1846 oyster | |
"Chlamys (Nodipecten) magnifica" = Nodipecten magnificus, Pecten (Pecten) slevini, Argopecten ventricosus
"Chlamys (Nodipecten) magnifica" = Nodipecten magnificus Sowerby 1835 scallop
Pecten (Pecten) slevini Dall and Oschner 1928 scallop
Argopecten ventricosus Sowerby 1842 calico scallop | |
Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846 jingle | |
Modiolus capax Conrad 1837 mussel | |
Ctena galapagana Dall 1901 clam | |
"Cardium elenense" = Laevicardium substriatum
"Cardium elenense" = Laevicardium substriatum Conrad 1837 cockle | |
Cumingia cf. lamellosa Sowerby 1833 clam | |
Tagelus sp. Gray 1847 clam | |
"Florimetis cognata" = Psammotreta (Leporimetis) cognata
"Florimetis cognata" = Psammotreta (Leporimetis) cognata Pilsbry and Vanatta 1902 tellin clam | |
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Megapitaria cf. aurantiaca, Chione undatella, Protothaca (Tropithaca) cf. seymourensis, "Protothaca (Tropithaca) grata" = Leukoma grata, "Nioche cf. zorritensis" = Leukoma metodon
Megapitaria cf. aurantiaca Sowerby 1831 venus clam
Chione undatella Sowerby I 1835 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 | |
Echinoidea | |
Encope micropora Agassiz 1841 sand dollar |