Where: Spain (39.5° N, 2.7° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 2.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: C. Zazo, J. L. Goy, C. J. Dabrio, T. Bardaj, C. Hillaire-Marcel, B. Ghaleb, J.-A. Gonzalez-Delgado and V. Soler. 2001. Pleistocene raised marine terraces of the Spanish Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts: Records of coastal uplift, sea-level highstands and climate changes. Marine Geology 194(1-2):103-133 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 176765: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 01.03.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Acar plicata Dillwyn 1817 miniature ark | |
Brachidontes senegalensis mussel | |
Cardita senegalensis clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Conus testudinarius" = Conus (Chelyconus) testudinarius
"Conus testudinarius" = Conus (Chelyconus) testudinarius Martini 1773 cone shell | |
Cantharus viverratus true whelk | |
Strombus bubonius conch |