Cabo Cope (upper part) (Pliocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (37.4° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 1.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• Zanclean based on presence of Globorotalia puncticulata and Globigerinoides elongatus. Silts and yellow sands below 1 meter of fossiliferous sands.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified siltstone

• Silts and yellow sands

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. A. García Ramos. 2004. Braquiópodos Pliocenos de Águilas. Boletín de la Asociación Cultural Paleontológica Murciana 3:18-39 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 190904: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.12.2017

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Maltaia pajaudi García Ramos 2006
 Terebratulida - Kraussinidae
Megerlia truncata Linnaeus 1767
 Terebratulida - Megathyrididae