P3 - Playa de la Araña (0.9-1.2 m) (Pleistocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (36.7° N, 4.4° W: paleocoordinates 36.7° N, 4.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Late Pleistocene raised beach terraces on Jurassic limestones and Permo-Triassic sandstones. THICKNESS: 30 cm, on raised beach 0.9-1.2 m above sea level. AGE: Late Pleistocene.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; poorly lithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in english, but presumably very shallow marine.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology, presumably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified based on outcrop figures.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collected by Vera-Peláez et al.

• COLLECTORS: Presumably the authors. REPOSITORY: Museo Municpal de Paleontogía, Malaga.

Primary reference: J. L. Vera-Peláez, M. C. Lozano-Francisco, J. Ramos Fernández and Y. M. Cortéz Sánchez. 2004. Molluscos del Tirreniense (Pleistoceno Superior) de la Playa la Araña-Cala de Moral (Málaga). Revista Española de Paleontología 19(2):251-259 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 76579: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.11.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COMPLETENESS: Exhaustive for mollusca (gastropoda, bivalvia). NOMENCLATURE: Modern nomenclature, with species level assignments.
Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Phasianellidae
Tricolia pullus Linnaeus 1758 snail
SUBSPECIES: T. pullus pullus
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Gibbula "sp. 1" Risso 1826 top snail
Gibbula "sp. 2" Risso 1826 top snail
Jujubinus striatus Linnaeus 1767 top snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora italica Defrance 1820 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium reticulatum Montagu 1803 cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum Bruguière 1789 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius "sp. 1" Duméril 1806 snail
Nassarius "sp. 2" Duméril 1806 snail
Nassarius "sp. 3" Duméril 1806 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus mediterraneus Hwass 1792 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
 Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Gibberula sp. Swainson 1840 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Littorina (Melaraphe) neritoides Linnaeus 1758 periwinkle
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Alvania (Alvania) pagodula Bucquoy et al. 1884 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
Monophorus perversus Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
Hydrobia sp. Hartmann 1821 snail
 Stylommatophora - Helicidae
"Iberus alonensis" = Helix (Iberus)
"Iberus alonensis" = Helix (Iberus) slug
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Neopycnodonte cochlear Poli 1795 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Ctena (Ctena) decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata
"Ctena (Ctena) decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata Costa 1829 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista sp. Poli 1791 venus clam
Chamelea gallina Linneus 1758 venus clam
Tapes sp. Mühlfeld 1811 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita (Cardita) calyculata Linnaeus 1758 clam
Echinoidea
 Camarodonta - Echinidae
Echinidae indet. Gray 1825 sea urchin