Where: Spain (36.4° N, 5.1° W: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 5.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. C. Lozano Francisco, J. L. Vera Pelaez, and A. Guerra-Merchan. 1993. Arcoida (Mollusca, Bivalvia) del Plioceno de la provincia de Malaga, Espana [Pliocene Arcoida from Malaga, Spain]. Treballs del Museu de Geologia de Barcelona 3:157-188 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 71909: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.05.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
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"Anadara (Anadara) diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii, Barbatia (Barbatia) mytiloides, Barbatia (Barbatia) modioloides, Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata, Striarca (Striarca) lactea, Bathyarca "sp. 2", Bathyarca "sp. 1", "Arca (Arca) noae" = Arca noae, "Barbatia (Acar) clathrata" = Acar
"Anadara (Anadara) diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam
Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
Bathyarca "sp. 2" Kobelt 1891 clam
Bathyarca "sp. 1" Kobelt 1891 clam
"Arca (Arca) noae" = Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark
"Barbatia (Acar) clathrata" = Acar miniature ark | |
Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita, "Limopsis (Pectunculina) anomala" = Limopsis, "Limopsis (Pectunculina) aradasi" = Limopsis
Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita Brocchi 1814 clam
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) aradasi" = Limopsis clam |