
handle: 10272/15543
El interés por el yacimiento fósil de la Ribera de Cacela (SE Portugal) se remonta al siglo pasado y se centra principalmente en la gran riqueza y diversidad de la fauna malacológica, siendo de destacar el excelente estado de conservación que éstas presentan. Del estudio realizado, tomando como base la malacofauna de bivalvos, se han podido identificar un total de 85 especies y subespecies. El estudio tafonómico se realizó teniendo en cuenta la litología, la composición de los bivalvos, la bioerosión y la presencia de otros taxa, que pudieran aportar, eventualmente, datos importantes que completaran este apartado. El estudio de la paleocomunidad de bivalvos desde un punto de vista paleoambiental, para el área de estudio, sugiere un medio marino litoral de energía baja a moderada y una profundidad estimada entre 20 y 30 metros; una salinidad semejante a la actual dentro de un régimen térmico tropical a subtropical y temperatura del agua superior a las observadas actualmente para estas latitudes. Palabras clave: Bivalvia, Paleoecología, Tortoniense superior, Cacela, SE Portugal.
The interest for the Ribeira de Cacela fossil outcrop (SE Portugal) dating back to the mid-nineteenth century and was focused by the presence of a rich and diverse fauna, especially invertebrates, in an excellent state of preservation. In base on the study of bivalve malacofaune a total of 85 species and subspecies were identified. The paleoecologic analysis was done covering lithologic aspects, bivalve faune composition, bioerosion and presence of other taxa, which give relevant data to complete this subject. The local environmental conditions suggested by the bivalve assemblage indicate the presence of a coastal environmental, with low to moderate hydrodynamic conditions, depths around 20 to 30 meters, salinity conditions similar to the present ones and tropical to subtropical thermal regime, with higher water temperatures than those observed presently at these latitudes. Key words: Bivalvia, Paleoecology, Upper Tortonian, Cacela, SE Portugal.
Tortoniense superior, Upper Tortonian, Paleoecología, Paleoecology, SE Portugal, Bivalvia, Cacela
Tortoniense superior, Upper Tortonian, Paleoecología, Paleoecology, SE Portugal, Bivalvia, Cacela
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