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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
Corallinales indet. Silva and Johansen 1986 | |
Ulvophyceae | |
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812 | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
"Arca (Arca) noae" = Arca noae
"Arca (Arca) noae" = Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Cardita (Cardita) vindobonensis, "Cardites antiquatus" = Cardites antiquata
Cardita (Cardita) vindobonensis Sacco 1899 clam
"Cardites antiquatus" = Cardites antiquata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Cerastoderma edule Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) echinata Linnaeus 1767 cockle | |
Lutraria sp. Lamarck 1799 clam | |
Venus (Ventriculoidea) multilamella, "Tapes (Ruditapes) basteroti" = Venerupis basteroti
Venus (Ventriculoidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
"Tapes (Ruditapes) basteroti" = Venerupis basteroti Mayer 1857 venus clam |