Huescar 2/5 (Pliocene of Spain)

Also known as Huéscar 2/5

Where: Granada, Spain (37.8° N, 2.5° W: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 2.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• no detail about dates.

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: J. C. Llovera. 1989. Microfauna (Foraminiferos y Ostracodos) en el Neogeno y Cuaternario de la cuenca de Guadix-Baza y corredor Huercal-Overa. 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 119-125 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35257: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 21.11.2003

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Taxonomic list

Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
fragments of ostracods present.
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Cyprideis torosa ostracod
present