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Miengo, Cantabria, Spaini
Regional Level Types
MiengoMunicipality
CantabriaAutonomous Community
SpainCountry

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Amber

Cuchía quarry, Cuchía, Miengo, Cantabria, Spain
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Amber

Cuchía quarry, Cuchía, Miengo, Cantabria, Spain
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Amber

Cuchía quarry, Cuchía, Miengo, Cantabria, Spain
Area:
25 km2
Neighbouring regions:
Piélagos, Cantabria, Spain
Polanco, Cantabria, Spain
Type:
Municipality - last checked 2018
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Miengo3,914 (2012)
Mindat Locality ID:
302009
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:302009:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Miengo, Cantabrie, Espagne
German:
Miengo, Kantabrien, Spanien
Italian:
Miengo, Cantabria, Spagna
Russian:
Мьенго, Кантабрия, Испания
Simplified Chinese:
缅戈, 坎塔布里亚, 西班牙
Spanish:
Miengo, Cantabria, España
Albanian:
Miengo, Kantabria, Spanja
Arabic:
ميينجو, منطقة كانتابريا, إسبانيا
Aragonese:
Miengo, Cantabria, Espanya
Asturian:
Miengo, Cantabria, España
Basque:
Miengo, Kantabria, Espainia
Catalan:
Miengo, Cantàbria, Espanya
Dutch:
Miengo, Cantabrië, Spanje
Galician:
Miengo, Cantabria, España
Hungarian:
Miengo, Kantábria, Spanyolország
Interlingua:
Miengo, Cantabria, Espania
Lithuanian:
Miengas, Kantabrija, Ispanija
Malay:
Miengo, Cantabria, Sepanyol
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Miengo, Cantabria, Se-pan-gâ
Occitan:
Miengo, Cantàbria, Espanha
Polish:
Miengo, Kantabria, Hiszpania
Portuguese:
Miengo, Cantábria, Espanha
Scots:
Miengo, Cantabrie, Spain
Traditional Chinese:
緬戈, 坎塔布里亞, 西班牙
Turkish:
Miengo, Cantabria, İspanya
Ukrainian:
М'єнго, Кантабрія, Іспанія
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Miengo, Cantabria, Ispaniya
Vietnamese:
Miengo, Cantabria, Tây Ban Nha
Waray:
Miengo, Cantabria, Espanya


Miengo es un municipio y localidad de la comunidad autónoma de Cantabria.

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There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences15
Youngest Fossil Listed70.6 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed125 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Patrocinio1125.45 - 122.46 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Demospongea
class		Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea85.8 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hexactinellida
class		Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cunnolites
genus		Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Cunnolitidae : Cunnolites83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Bivalvia
class		Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Bryozoa
phylum		Animalia : Bryozoa85.8 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Diplodetus
genus		Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Micrasteridae : Diplodetus83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gryphaeidae
family		Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Granuloreticulosa
phylum		Granuloreticulosa85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Millepora irregularis
species		Animalia : Cnidaria : Hydrozoa : Anthoathecata : Milleporidae : Millepora : Millepora irregularis85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Platyceramus cycloides
species		Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Platyceramus : Platyceramus cycloides85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Heminautilus saxbii
species		Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Cenoceratidae : Heminautilus : Heminautilus saxbii125.45 - 122.46 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Clypeolampas ovatus
species		Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Clypeolampadidae : Clypeolampas : Clypeolampas ovatus83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miengo
Wikidata ID:Q1637424

Localities in this Region

Spain

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Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
Iberian PeninsulaPeninsula

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