Rambla Cirera (Pliocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (37.3° N, 1.9° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 2.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta front; sandy marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. R. Sendara Saez, M. Stokes, and F. A. Fortea Soler. 1998. Recuperacion de un sirenio parcialmente articulado en el Plioceno inferior del sector norte de la cunca de vera (Almeria). Comunicacion de las Jornadas de Paleontologia XIV:173-176 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 124312: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet.1 Brisson 1762 whale
 Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaenidae indet.2 Gray 1821 right whale