Cañada Brusca, Aguilas (Pliocene of Spain)

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. García Ramos. 2005. Notes on some Neogene brachiopods from south-eastern Spain. Cidaris 21-22:25-36 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 233081: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.01.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Aphelesia bipartita Brocchi 1814
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula calabra Seguenza 1871
Maltaia pajaudi García Ramos 2006
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Ancistrocrania abnormis Defrance and Hoeninghaus 1828