Where: Alicante , Spain (38.4° N, 0.8° W: paleocoordinates 26.2° N, 8.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Algovianum ammonoid zone, Margaritatus (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)
• Arieticeras bertrandi subzone
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, white limestone and lithified, gray marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: M. Inesta, J. Szabó, and I. Szente. 1990. A Pliensbachian gastropod and bivalve faunula from the Mola Hill (Betic Cordilleras, Spain). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationales Hungarici 82:19-23 [M. Aberhan/D. Wellmanns/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 130881: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Daniel Wellmanns on 15.07.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Oonia pennina Parona 1892 snail | |
Lewisiella sp. snail | |
"Amberleya (Eucyclus) sp." = Eucyclus Eudes-Deslongchamps 1860 snail
Amberleya (Eucyclus) alpina Stoliczka 1861 snail
Eucyclomphalus hierlatzensis von Ammon 1892 snail | |
Pyrgotrochus sp. Fischer 1885 snail | |
Ptychomphalus sp. Agassiz 1839 snail | |
Neritopsis sp. Grateloup 1832 snail | |
Worthenia superstes Szabo 1980 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Entolium (Entolium) lunare" = Entolium lunare
"Entolium (Entolium) lunare" = Entolium lunare Roemer 1839 scallop | |
Pectinidae sp. Wilkes 1810 scallop
Pseudopecten (Pseudopecten) equivalvis Sowerby 1816 scallop | |
Praeconia sp. Stoliczka 1871 clam |