El Alamillo (Pliocene of Spain)

Where: Murcia, Spain (37.6° N, 1.2° W: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 1.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Puerto de Mazarron Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandy marl

• sandy marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Sanchez-Marco. 2003. A paleospecies of Alca (Aves: Charadriiformes) in the Pliocene of Spain. Neus Jahrbuch fur Palaeontologie 2003(5):314-320 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 122306: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.12.2011

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Alca sp. Linnaeus 1758 auk