Locality 3a, Los Ajaches Upland: Middle Pleistocene, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Columbella rustica
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Nerita senegalensis
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Venerupis corrugata
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Tapes sp.
Mühlfeld 1811
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Dosinia sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Psammobiidae
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Asaphis matadoa
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina strigosa
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina columbella
Lamarck 1818
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| recombined as Linga (Linga) columbella | |||||||
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Lucina sp.
Bruguière 1797
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca afra
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris sp.
Da Costa 1778
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Geography
| Country: | Spain |
| Coordinates: | 28.9° North, 13.8° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.9° North, 13.8° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Maarifian (mid Pleistocene) STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: "~55 m marine beach, which can be traced continuously from 55 m down to a seaward minimum of 40 m" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandy "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Conglomerates and sandy limestones. LITHIFICATION: Not stated, no figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropods and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 128326 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sessa | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-06-06 07:33:14 | Last modified: | 2012-06-05 17:43:54 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-06-06 07:33:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 41451. | G. Lecointre, K. J. Tinkler, and H. G. Richards. 1967. The marine Quaternary of the Canary Islands. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 119(8):325-344 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/S. Ávila] |