YPM bulk sample - Anticosti Island (Pleistocene of Canada)

Also known as YPM-14

Where: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (49.5° N, 63.0° W: paleocoordinates 25.3° S, 41.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic information. AGE: Assumed to be Late Pleistocene.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal siltstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Very shallow-marine, siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Fine grained lithology. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on observation of specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collected by Schuchert; reposited in the YPM

Collection methods: surface (in situ), sieve,

• COLLECTOR: Schuchert and others. REPOSITORY: YPM.

Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75526: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.10.2007

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia, gastropoda, and cirripedia. TAXONOMY: Identified by A. Hendy; nomenclature based on revision of Abbott (1970).
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Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Hemithirididae
Hemithyris psittacea
Gastropoda
 Patellida - Lepetidae
Lepeta caeca
Lepeta caeca Müller 1776 limpet
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Puncturella noachina
Puncturella noachina Linnaeus 1771 puncturella
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Bulbus fragilis, Cryptonatica affinis
Bulbus fragilis Leach 1819 moon snail
Cryptonatica affinis Gmelin 1791 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Littorina obtusata, Littorina saxatilis
Littorina obtusata Linnaeus 1758 periwinkle
Littorina saxatilis Olivi 1792 periwinkle
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Trichotropis borealis
Trichotropis borealis Broderip and Sowerby 1829 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Neptunea sp., Buccinum undatum, ? Colus sp.
Neptunea sp. Röding 1798 true whelk
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
? Colus sp. Röding 1798 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Propebela turricula, Curtitoma violacea
Propebela turricula Montagu 1803 cone shell
Curtitoma violacea Mighels and Adams 1842 cone shell
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta
Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta Müller 1776 pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
"Yoldia myalis" = Yoldia (Yoldia) myalis
"Yoldia myalis" = Yoldia (Yoldia) myalis Couthouy 1838 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Goethemia pinnulata, "Serripes groenlandicus" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus
Goethemia pinnulata Conrad 1831 cockle
"Serripes groenlandicus" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus Mohr 1786 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma (Macoma) balthica
Macoma (Macoma) balthica Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Liocyma fluctuosa
Liocyma fluctuosa Gould 1841 venus clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
Mya (Arenomya) arenaria, Mya (Mya) truncata
Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
Mya (Mya) truncata Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
 Solenida - Pharidae
Ensis directus
Ensis directus Conrad 1844 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte montagui
Astarte montagui Dillwyn 1817 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia borealis
Cyclocardia borealis Conrad 1831 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica
Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica Müller 1776 scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Mytilus (Mytilus) edulis" = Mytilus edulis
"Mytilus (Mytilus) edulis" = Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Cirripedia
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Cirripedia indet.