Where: Huelva, Spain (37.3° N, 6.7° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 7.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Arenas de Huelva Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• Lower Zanclean
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. A. Gonzalez Delgado. 1988. Estudio sistematico de los gasteropodos del Plioceno de Huelva (SW de Espana), III: Mesogastropoda (Scalacea-Tonnacea) [Systematic study of Pliocene gastropods from Huelva (SW Spain), III: Mesogastropoda (Scalacea-Tonnacea)]. Studia Geologica Salmanticensia 25:109-160 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 71916: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.05.2007, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gnathostomata | |
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Mammalia | |
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Gnathostomata | |
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Gastropoda | |
Naticidae indet.1, Sinum (Sinum) haliotoideum, Naticarius (Naticarius) tigrinus, Tectonatica tectula, Neverita josephinia, Lunatia macilenta
Sinum (Sinum) haliotoideum moon snail
Naticarius (Naticarius) tigrinus moon snail
Tectonatica tectula Sacco 1890 moon snail
Neverita josephinia Risso 1826 moon snail
Lunatia macilenta moon snail | |
Rhombostoma imperforatum snail | |
"Zonaria (Zonaria) cf. porcellus" = Zonaria porcellus
"Zonaria (Zonaria) cf. porcellus" = Zonaria porcellus Brocchi 1814 cowry | |
Xenophora infundibulum carrier shell
Xenophora crispa König 1825 carrier shell | |
Ficus (Ficus) conditus Brongniart 1823 fig shell | |
"Cymatium (Monoplex) distortum" = Monoplex, Gyrineum (Aspa) marginatum
"Cymatium (Monoplex) distortum" = Monoplex triton shell
Gyrineum (Aspa) marginatum triton shell | |
Malea orbiculata tun shell
Eudolium stephaniophorum tun shell | |
Aporrhais (Aporrhais) pespelecani Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Scala (Spiriscala) cf. frondiculoides" = Epitonium (Scala), "Scala (Fucoscala) tenuicosta" = Epitonium (Scala), Cirsotrema (Cirsotrema) pumiceum
"Scala (Spiriscala) cf. frondiculoides" = Epitonium (Scala) wentletrap
"Scala (Fucoscala) tenuicosta" = Epitonium (Scala) wentletrap
Cirsotrema (Cirsotrema) pumiceum wentletrap | |
Crepidula (Crepidula) gibbosa, "Crepidula (Janacus) unguiformis" = Crepidula unguiformis, Calyptraea (Calyptraea) chinensis
Crepidula (Crepidula) gibbosa Defrance 1818 slipper shell
"Crepidula (Janacus) unguiformis" = Crepidula unguiformis Lamarck 1822 slipper shell
Calyptraea (Calyptraea) chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
Leiostraca subulata, "Melanella (Balcis) polita" = Balcis, "Melanella (Balcis) lactea" = Balcis, Niso (Niso) eburnea
Leiostraca subulata snail
"Melanella (Balcis) polita" = Balcis snail
"Melanella (Balcis) lactea" = Balcis snail
Niso (Niso) eburnea Risso 1826 snail | |
Fossarus costatus snail | |
Bivalvia | |
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