Bonares area, Guadalquivir Basin, Huelva (Pliocene of Spain)

Where: Huelva, Spain (37.3° N, 6.7° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 7.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Arenas de Huelva Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• Lower Zanclean

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. A. Gonzalez Delgado. 1988. Estudio sistematico de los gasteropodos del Plioceno de Huelva (SW de Espana), III: Mesogastropoda (Scalacea-Tonnacea) [Systematic study of Pliocene gastropods from Huelva (SW Spain), III: Mesogastropoda (Scalacea-Tonnacea)]. Studia Geologica Salmanticensia 25:109-160 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71916: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.05.2007, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Neopycnodonte cochlear1 Poli 1795 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp.1, "Amussium sp." = Amusium1
Chlamys sp.1 Röding 1798 scallop
"Amussium sp." = Amusium1 Röding 1798 scallop
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea sp.1 Menard 1807 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pelecyora sp.1 Dall 1902 venus clam
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Crepidula (Janacus) unguiformis" = Crepidula unguiformis Lamarck 1822 slipper shell
Crepidula (Crepidula) gibbosa Defrance 1818 slipper shell
Calyptraea (Calyptraea) chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Iravadiidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus (Ficus) conditus Brongniart 1823 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora crispa König 1825 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Cymatium (Monoplex) distortum" = Monoplex, Gyrineum (Aspa) marginatum
"Cymatium (Monoplex) distortum" = Monoplex triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Zonaria (Zonaria) cf. porcellus" = Zonaria porcellus
"Zonaria (Zonaria) cf. porcellus" = Zonaria porcellus Brocchi 1814 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet.1 Guilding 1834 moon snail
Tectonatica tectula Sacco 1890 moon snail
Lunatia macilenta moon snail
Neverita josephinia Risso 1826 moon snail
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Cirsotrema (Cirsotrema) pumiceum, "Scala (Spiriscala) cf. frondiculoides" = Epitonium (Scala), "Scala (Fucoscala) tenuicosta" = Epitonium (Scala)
"Scala (Spiriscala) cf. frondiculoides" = Epitonium (Scala) wentletrap
"Scala (Fucoscala) tenuicosta" = Epitonium (Scala) wentletrap
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
"Melanella (Balcis) polita" = Balcis, "Melanella (Balcis) lactea" = Balcis, Leiostraca subulata, Niso (Niso) eburnea
"Melanella (Balcis) polita" = Balcis snail
"Melanella (Balcis) lactea" = Balcis snail
Niso (Niso) eburnea Risso 1826 snail
 Cerithioidea - Planaxidae
 Patellida - Lottiidae
Gnathostomata
  -
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera sp.2 Lacépède 1804 rorqual
Gnathostomata
  -
Chondrichthyes indet.1 Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish