Where: Spain (37.4° N, 1.6° W: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 2.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• Zanclean based on presence of Globorotalia puncticulata and Globigerinoides elongatus. Silts and yellow sands below 1 meter of fossiliferous sands.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. A. García Ramos. 2004. Braquiópodos Pliocenos de Águilas. Boletín de la Asociación Cultural Paleontológica Murciana 3:18-39 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 190899: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.12.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Craniata | |
Novocrania turbinata Poli 1795 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Argyrotheca cuneata Risso 1826
Megathiris detruncata Gmelin 1791
"Argyrotheca cordata" = Joania cordata Risso 1826 | |
Megerlia truncata Linnaeus 1767 | |
Terebratulina retusa Linnaeus 1758 | |
Lacazella mediterranea Risso 1826 |