Mola Hill (Jurassic of Spain)

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

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Oonia pennina Parona 1892 snail
 Trochoidea - Ataphridae
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
"Amberleya (Eucyclus) sp." = Eucyclus Eudes-Deslongchamps 1860 snail
Amberleya (Eucyclus) alpina Stoliczka 1861 snail
Eucyclomphalus hierlatzensis von Ammon 1892 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pyrgotrochus sp. Fischer 1885 snail
 Ptychomphaloidea - Ptychomphalidae
Ptychomphalus sp. Agassiz 1839 snail
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Neritopsis sp. Grateloup 1832 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia superstes Szabo 1980 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Entolium (Entolium) lunare" = Entolium lunare
"Entolium (Entolium) lunare" = Entolium lunare Roemer 1839 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pectinidae sp. Wilkes 1810 scallop
 Carditida - Astartidae
Praeconia sp. Stoliczka 1871 clam