Alcala de Guadaira (Pliocene of Spain)

Where: Sevilla, Spain (37.3° N, 5.8° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 6.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Ecija Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• lower Pliocene

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; blue, argillaceous sandstone

• regression, shallow, tropical?, carbonates in sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. R. Sendra, I. Bajo, and J. Cardenas. 1996. Un ejemplar de Misticeto (Mammalia: Cetacea) del Plioceno Inferior de Alcala de Guadaira (Sevilla). Jornadas de Paleontologia 12:116-117 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 123585: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.01.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864 rorqual
characteristics close to Megaptera
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Amusium cristatum" = Cristatopecten cristatum
"Amusium cristatum" = Cristatopecten cristatum Bronn 1827 scallop
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Arcopagia crassa" = Arcopagia (Arcopagia) crassa
"Arcopagia crassa" = Arcopagia (Arcopagia) crassa Pennant 1777 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Solecurtus sp. Blainville 1824 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Pandorida - Clavagellidae
Clavagela (Stirpulina) sp. Stoliczka 1870 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia -
Aplocyathus sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
"Eupsammia praelonga" = Balanophyllia praelonga
"Eupsammia praelonga" = Balanophyllia praelonga Michelotti 1838 stony coral