PBDB Collection

Sorbas Basin (Miocene of Spain)

Where: Andalusia, Spain (37.1° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 2.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Upper Tortonian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

• 150-350 m water depth

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Ott d'Estevou and G. Termier. 1978. Etude preliminaire des Spongiaires tortoniens du bassin de Sorbas (Espagne meridionale), indications bathymetriques [Preliminary studies about Tortonian sponges of the Sorbas Basin (Spain)]. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 20(3):315-318 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 110114: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.06.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Pectinidae indet. Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
Thecostraca
Balanomorpha - Tetraclitidae	Tetraclita sp. Tetraclita sp. Schumacher 1817 barnacle
Demospongiae
Megalithistida - Pleromatidae	Doryderma sp. Doryderma sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
Spirosclerophorida - Cnemidiastridae	Cnemidiastrum almeriae¹ Cnemidiastrum almeriae¹ Brimaud and Vachard 1986 demosponge
Spirosclerophorida - Jereicidae	"Stichophyma pyriformis" = Moretispongia pyriformis, Jereopsis inaequalis¹ "Stichophyma pyriformis" = Moretispongia pyriformis Pomel 1872 demosponge Jereopsis inaequalis¹ Pomel 1872 demosponge subsp. clavaeformis
Spirosclerophorida - Seliscothonidae	Trachydictya pomeli¹ Trachydictya pomeli¹ Brimaud and Vachard 1986 demosponge
Spirosclerophorida - Scleritodermatidae	Verruculina ambigua Verruculina ambigua Pomel 1872 demosponge
Tetralithistida - Theonellidae	Pliegatella genovefae¹, Discodermia sp., Discodermia polytylostoma¹ Pliegatella genovefae¹ Brimaud and Vachard 1986 demosponge Discodermia sp. du Bocage 1869 demosponge Discodermia polytylostoma¹ Brimaud and Vachard 1986 demosponge
Tetralithistida - Pseudoverruculinidae	Pseudoverruculina sp. Pseudoverruculina sp. Moret 1926 demosponge
Pachastrellida - Pachastrellidae	Pachastrella sp. Pachastrella sp. demosponge
Hexactinellida
Hexactinosa - Aphrocallistidae	Aphrocallistes sp., Aphrocallistes lobata², Aphrocallistes estevoui² Aphrocallistes sp. Gray 1858 glass sponge Aphrocallistes lobata² Pomel 1872 glass sponge Aphrocallistes estevoui² Termier and Termier 1981 glass sponge
Hexactinosa - Euretidae	Eurete vaceleti n. sp.², Lefroyella sp., Lefroyella montenati n. sp.² Eurete vaceleti n. sp.² Brimaud and Vachard 1986 glass sponge Lefroyella sp. Thomson 1877 glass sponge Lefroyella montenati n. sp.² Brimaud and Vachard 1986 glass sponge
Hexactinosa -	Laocaetis crassipes Laocaetis crassipes glass sponge
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae	Caryophyllia sp., Lophosmilia sp. Caryophyllia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral Lophosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae	Balanophyllia sp., Dendrophyllia sp. Balanophyllia sp. Wood 1844 stony coral Dendrophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral

¹Brimaud and Vachard 1986; ²Brimaud and Vachard 1986