P3 - Playa de la Araña (0.9-1.2 m): Late/Upper Pleistocene, Spain
collected by Vera-Peláez et al.
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
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Scleractinia indet.
Bourne 1900
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Camarodonta
- Echinidae
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Echinidae indet.
Gray 1825
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Bittium reticulatum
(Montagu 1803)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Alvania (Alvania) pagodula
(Bucquoy et al. 1884)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Rissoa variabilis
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Triphoridae
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Monophorus perversus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Hydrobiidae
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Hydrobia sp.
Hartmann 1821
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mangeliidae
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Bela nebula
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus mediterraneus
Hwass 1792
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius gibbosulus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Nassarius reticulatus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Nassarius informal sp. 1
Duméril 1806
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Nassarius informal sp. 2
Duméril 1806
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Nassarius informal sp. 3
Duméril 1806
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cystiscidae
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Gibberula miliaria
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gibberula sp.
Swainson 1840
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus (Strombus) bubonius
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Littorinidae
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Littorina (Melaraphe) neritoides
(Linnaeus 1758)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Campanilidae
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Cerithium (Thericium) rupestre
(Risso 1826)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum
(Bruguière 1789)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Gibbula informal sp. 1
Risso 1826
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gibbula informal sp. 2
Risso 1826
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Jujubinus striatus
(Linnaeus 1767)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Phasianellidae
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Tricolia pullus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| SUBSPECIES: T. pullus pullus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Diodora italica
(Defrance 1820)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Helicidae
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Iberus alonensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Helix (Iberus) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca lactea
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris (Glycymeris) insubrica
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Glycymeris (Glycymeris) sp.
da Costa 1778
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Glycymeris (Glycymeris) bimaculata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Neopycnodonte cochlear
(Poli 1795)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Ctena (Ctena) decussata
(Costa 1829)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Codakia (Ctena) decussata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Acanthocardia paucicostata
Sowerby 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Rudicardium tuberculatum
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Chamelea gallina
(Linneus 1758)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Callista sp.
Poli 1791
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Tapes sp.
Mühlfeld 1811
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita (Cardita) calyculata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Spain |
| Coordinates: | 36.7° North, 4.4° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.7° North, 4.4° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Altitude: | 1 meters |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Late Pleistocene raised beach terraces on Jurassic limestones and Permo-Triassic sandstones. THICKNESS: 30 cm, on raised beach 0.9-1.2 m above sea level. AGE: Late Pleistocene. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology, presumably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified based on outcrop figures. | |
| Environment: | shoreface |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in english, but presumably very shallow marine. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite |
| Degree of concentration: | -hiatal |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Abundance in sediment: | abundant |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | Vera-Peláez et al. |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Presumably the authors. REPOSITORY: Museo Municpal de Paleontogía, Malaga. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COMPLETENESS: Exhaustive for mollusca (gastropoda, bivalvia). NOMENCLATURE: Modern nomenclature, with species level assignments. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 76579 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-11-23 17:08:15 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2008-11-23 17:08:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25893. | J. L. Vera-Peláez, M. C. Lozano-Francisco, J. Ramos Fernández and Y. M. Cortéz Sánchez. 2004. Molluscos del Tirreniense (Pleistoceno Superior) de la Playa la Araña-Cala de Moral (Málaga). Revista Española de Paleontología 19(2):251-259 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Alroy] |