Where: Spain (36.4° N, 5.1° W: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 5.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, for which stratigraphic relations are not discussed in text. AGE: Early Piacenzian or Middle Pliocene of Guerra Merchán et al. (2002). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, gray, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Landau & Marquet
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: Landau and Marquet. REPOSITORY: Landau personal collection, Marquet personal collection, and possivly the Institut. Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique.
Primary reference: B. Landau, R. Marquet, and M. Grigis. 2003. The Early Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, Southern Spain. Part 1: Vetigastropoda. Paleontos 3:1-87 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 80559: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.04.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Cavolinia floridana, Cavolinia landani, Cavolinia tridentata, "Cavolinia vendryesiana" = Cavolinia marginata, Styliola subula, Cuvierina (Cuvierina) ludbrooki, Cuvierina (Cuvierina) astesana, Clio (Clio) pyramidata, Diacria trispinosa
Cavolinia floridana snail
Cavolinia landani snail
Cavolinia tridentata Niebuhr 1775 snail
"Cavolinia vendryesiana" = Cavolinia marginata Bronn 1962 snail
Styliola subula Quoy and Gaimard 1827 snail
Cuvierina (Cuvierina) astesana Rang 1829 snail
Clio (Clio) pyramidata Linnaeus 1767 snail
Diacria trispinosa de Blainville 1821 snail | |
Heliconoides inflata Orbigny 1836 snail | |
Ansates pellucidum limpet | |
Acmaea virginea limpet | |
Calliotropis peregrina snail
Danilia rosa snail | |
Tricolia miniata snail | |
Solariella amabilis snail | |
Cirsonella romettensis snail | |
Bolma fimbriata snail
Bolma granosa Borson 1821 snail | |
Calliostoma miliaris top snail
Trochaclis versiliensis top snail
Gibbula magus top snail
Microgaza cuadrae top snail | |
Rimula capuliformis snail
Emarginula rosea Bell 1824 snail | |
Addisonia excentrica snail | |
Anatoma umbilicata snail | |
Oxygyrus keraudreni Lesueur 1817 snail
Protatlanta rotundata Gabb 1873 snail |