Nijar, Almeria, proximal slope (Miocene to of Spain)

Where: Spain (37.0° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 2.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tortonian to Tortonian (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified grainstone

• calcarenites and bioclastic breccia

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. P. Jimenez and J. C. Braga. 1993. Occurence and taphonomy of bivalves from the Nijar reef (Messinian, Late Miocene, SE Spain). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 102:239-251 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 69789: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.03.2007

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Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinales indet. Silva and Johansen 1986
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Arca) noae" = Arca noae
"Arca (Arca) noae" = Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Cardites antiquatus" = Cardites antiquata Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cerastoderma edule Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Lutraria sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus (Ventriculoidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
"Tapes (Ruditapes) basteroti" = Venerupis basteroti Mayer 1857 venus clam