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 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 69790: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Neopycnodonte navicularis Brocchi 1814 oyster |