Locality 7a, Rubicon plain (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: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Ouljian STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: 5 m beach (5m above high tide)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified limestone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: hard brittle limestone

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 128329: 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
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Monodonta tamsi
Monodonta tamsi top snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissurella nubecua
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus mediterraneus
Conus mediterraneus Hwass 1792 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
"Cerithium rupestre" = Cerithium (Thericium) rupestre
"Cerithium rupestre" = Cerithium (Thericium) rupestre Risso 1826 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium papillosum" = Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum
"Cardium papillosum" = Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum Poli 1781 cockle
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Ungulina cf. rubra
Ungulina cf. rubra Roissy 1885 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Loripes sp.
Loripes sp. Poli 1791 clam