Tariquejo, N of Cartaya (Pliocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (37.3° N, 7.2° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 7.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• Unit informally named Lepe White Silts, western Guadalquivir Basin

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; burrowed mudstone

• The deposits of the Lepe White Silts comprise an array of mudstones, siltstones, sandstones and conglomerates

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Primary reference: J. M. de Gibert, F. Muñiz, Z. Belaústegui and M. Hyžný. 2013. Fossil and Modern Fiddler Crabs (Uca Tangeri: Ocypodidae) and Their Burrows from SW Spain: Ichnologic and Biogeographic Implications. Journal of Crustacean Biology 33(4):537-551 [J. Wolfe/J. Wolfe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 224576: authorized by Joanna Wolfe, entered by Joanna Wolfe on 20.03.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Ocypodidae
Uca tangeri
Uca tangeri fiddler crab
Psilonichnus
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Psilonichnus tubiformis