El Cigarron section (Pliocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (38.0° N, 0.7° W: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 1.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• The lower Pliocene deposits here overlie upper Messinian carbonates and volcanic Miocene rocks.

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; shelly/skeletal limestone

• The section consists of up to 1.5 m of well-cemented bioclastic carbonates mixed with terrigenous sands and pebbles

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: J. C. Braga and J. Aguirre. 2001. Coralline algal assemblages in upper Neogene reef and temperate carbonates in Southern Spain. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (175)27-41 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 147447: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 08.07.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Florideophyceae
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae
Sporolithon sp.
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinales indet., Lithophyllum sp.
Corallinales indet. Silva and Johansen 1986
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Mesophyllum sp., Phymatolithon calcareum, Lithothamnion sp.
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus sp.
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch