Where: Spain (36.4° N, 5.1° W: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 5.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, for which stratigraphic relations are not discussed in text. AGE: Early Piacenzian or Middle Pliocene of Guerra Merchán et al. (2002). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within 4 m thick section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, gray, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Landau & Marquet
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: Landau and Marquet. REPOSITORY: Landau personal collection, Marquet personal collection, and possivly the Institut. Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique.
Primary reference: B. Landau, R. Marquet, and M. Grigis. 2003. The Early Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, Southern Spain. Part 1: Vetigastropoda. Paleontos 3:1-87 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 80558: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.04.2008, edited by Katherine Hendy
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