Huelago Road, level 1 (Pliocene to of Spain)

Also known as Huelago carretera

Where: Andalucia, Spain (37.4° N, 3.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 3.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• Date: MN16b, Late Villafranchian, Plio-Pleistocene boundary, Villanyian/Biharian. The Huelago section is 67m thick. The site occurs at the base of the carbonate span of the upper unit, built up by a set of siltstones and lacustrine carbonates that crop out extensively in the surroundings of the site.

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: F. Robles. 1989. Moluscos continentales del Plio-Pleistoceno de la cuenca de Guadix-Baza. In A.T. Alberdi and F.P. Bonadonna (eds.), Geologia y Paleontologia de la cuenca de Guadix-Baza. Trabajos sobre el Neogeno Cuaternario, Museo National de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid 127-138 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35230: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 19.11.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Mimomys aff. pliocaenicus
Mimomys aff. pliocaenicus Forsyth Major 1889 vole
Gastropoda
 Stylommatophora - Vertiginidae
Vertigo sp.
Vertigo sp. Muller 1774 slug
 Stylommatophora - Valloniidae
Vallonia pulchella
 Stylommatophora - Truncatellinidae
Truncatellina callicratis
 Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Ancylus fluviatilis, Anisus aff. mariae, Gyraulus sp.
Ancylus fluviatilis Müller 1774 snail
Gyraulus sp. Charpentier 1837 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Theodoxus fluviatilis
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
Hydrobia sp., Prososthenia sp., Hauffenia sp.
Hydrobia sp. Hartmann 1821 snail
Prososthenia sp. Neumayr 1869 snail
Prososthenia species 1.
Hauffenia sp. Pollonera 1898 snail
Hauffenia species 1.
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Sphaeriidae
Pisidium sp.
Pisidium sp. Pfeiffer 1821 pea clam