Where: Spain (37.0° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 2.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tortonian to Tortonian (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified packstone and lithified grainstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. P. Jimenez and J. C. Braga. 1993. Occurence and taphonomy of bivalves from the Nijar reef (Messinian, Late Miocene, SE Spain). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 102:239-251 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 69788: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930 | |
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891 | |
Ulvophyceae | |
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812 | |
Anthozoa | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Bivalvia | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel
? Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel | |
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Lima (Limaria) tuberculata Olivi 1792 file clam | |
Spondylus sp., "Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio, Pecten aduncus, "Chlamys opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Pecten aduncus Eichwald 1830 scallop
"Chlamys opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
"Anadara (Anadara) diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii, Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata, "Arca (Arca) noae" = Arca noae
"Anadara (Anadara) diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam
Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Arca (Arca) noae" = Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Cardita (Cardita) vindobonensis, "Cardites antiquatus" = Cardites antiquata
Cardita (Cardita) vindobonensis Sacco 1899 clam
"Cardites antiquatus" = Cardites antiquata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Chama (Chama) gryphoides" = Chama gryphoides, Pseudochama (Pseudochama) gryphina
"Chama (Chama) gryphoides" = Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
Pseudochama (Pseudochama) gryphina Lamarck 1819 jewel box | |
Lutraria sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
Spisula subtruncata da Costa 1778 clam | |
Dosinia (Pectunculus) exoleta, Venus (Ventriculoidea) multilamella, "Tapes (Ruditapes) basteroti" = Venerupis basteroti
Dosinia (Pectunculus) exoleta Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Venus (Ventriculoidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
"Tapes (Ruditapes) basteroti" = Venerupis basteroti Mayer 1857 venus clam | |
"Varicorbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
"Varicorbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
Codakia (Ctena) decussata Costa 1829 clam |