Asociación de equinoideos en las calcarenitas messinienses de Alcalá de Guadaíra (Sevilla, SO España)

The echinoid assemblage from the Messinian calcarenitic deposits of Alcalá de Guadaíra (Sevilla, SW Spain) has been studied. Six species have been recognised; Schizechinus duciei and Plagiobrissus costae are rather common. This association and its taphonomic signature suggest a shallow marine deposi...

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Autores: Bajo, Ildefonso, Rico García, Alberto, Cárdenas Carretero, Joaquín, Maestre, Vicente, Borghi, Enrico
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/8168
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/8168
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Echinoids
Calcarenitic facies
Messinian
Upper Miocene
Alcalá de Guadaíra
Sevilla
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Sumario:The echinoid assemblage from the Messinian calcarenitic deposits of Alcalá de Guadaíra (Sevilla, SW Spain) has been studied. Six species have been recognised; Schizechinus duciei and Plagiobrissus costae are rather common. This association and its taphonomic signature suggest a shallow marine depositional environment in the infralittoral, characterised by coarse detritic bottoms and variable hidrodynamic energy. This echinoid association corroborates the attribution of the studied sediments to the Messinian