Locality 3a, Los Ajaches Upland (Pleistocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (28.9° N, 13.8° W: paleocoordinates 28.9° N, 13.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• 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"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandy limestone and conglomerate

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Conglomerates and sandy limestones. LITHIFICATION: Not stated, no figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 128326: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 06.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropods and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications.
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Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella rustica
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita senegalensis
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca afra
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp.
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia sp., Tapes sp., Venerupis corrugata
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
Tapes sp. Mühlfeld 1811 venus clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Asaphis matadoa
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina strigosa
Tellina strigosa tellin clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucina columbella" = Linga (Linga) columbella, Lucina sp.
"Lucina columbella" = Linga (Linga) columbella Lamarck 1818 clam
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam