Santa Maria Island, algal biostrome (Pleistocene of Portugal)

Also known as Reef 3991

Where: Azores, Portugal (37.0° N, 25.1° W: paleocoordinates 37.0° N, 25.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• unit A2, MIS 5.5

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks

• shallow depths, probably less than 10 m
• algal biostrome

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: S. P. Ávila, P. Madeira, C. Zazo, A. Kroh, M. Kirby, C. Marques Silva, M. Cachao and A. M. Frias Martins. 2009. Palaeoecology of the Pleistocene (MIS 5) outcrops of Santa Maria Island (Azores) in a complex oceanic tectonic setting. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 274:18-31 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/S. Ávila]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89618: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.06.2009, edited by Jocelyn Sessa

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
unclassified
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Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail
 Lepetellida - Haliotidae
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus 1758 abalone
Haliotis tuberculata coccinea
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra cornea mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus variegatus Gray 1839 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus ambiguus cone shell
Conus cf. ermineus Born 1778 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Stramonita haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma, Ocinebrina aciculata, "Coralliophila meyendorffi" = Coralliophila meyendorffii, Morula nodulosa
"Stramonita haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail
Stramonita haemastoma haemastoma
"Coralliophila meyendorffi" = Coralliophila meyendorffii Calcara 1845 murex snail
Morula nodulosa murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Polynices lacteus" = Polinices, Naticarius dillwyni
"Polynices lacteus" = Polinices moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Caecidae
Caecum cf. armoricum de Folin 1869 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
"Cylichnina sp." = Retusa (Cylichnina)
"Cylichnina sp." = Retusa (Cylichnina) Monterasato 1884 snail
 Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
Patella candei d'Orbigny 1840 limpet
Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin 1791 limpet
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona Poli 1795 clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima cf. lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Myoforceps aristata" = Lithophaga aristata, "Myoforceps aristatus" = Lithophaga (Myoforceps)
"Myoforceps aristata" = Lithophaga aristata Dillwyn 1817 mussel
"Myoforceps aristatus" = Lithophaga (Myoforceps) mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinella divaricata Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium crassum Gmelin 1791 cockle
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
unclassified
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