Where: Murcia, Spain (38.0° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 2.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. Brimaud and D. Vachard. 1986. Les spongiaires siliceux du Tortonien des Betiques (Miocene de l'Espagne du Sud): especes nouvelles ou peu connues, I: Choristides et Lithistides [Tortonian siliceous sponges from the Betics (Miocene of southern Spain): new or little known species, I: Choristida and Lithistida]. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, C 8(3):293-341 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 116132: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.09.2011
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Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida | |
"Manzonia betica" = Manzonispongia betica
"Manzonia betica" = Manzonispongia betica Brimaud and Vachard 1986 glass sponge | |
Aphrocallistes estevoui Termier and Termier 1981 glass sponge
Aphrocallistes lobata Pomel 1872 glass sponge | |
Hexactinella calolepis n. sp.
Hexactinella calolepis n. sp. Brimaud and Vachard 1986 glass sponge | |
Eurete vaceleti Brimaud and Vachard 1986 glass sponge
Myliusia cancellata n. sp. Brimaud and Vachard 1986 glass sponge
Lefroyella montenati Brimaud and Vachard 1986 glass sponge | |
Regadrella vitilis n. sp.
Regadrella vitilis n. sp. Brimaud and Vachard 1986 glass sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Jereopsis fastigiata n. sp. Brimaud and Vachard 1986 demosponge | |
Cnemidiastrum almeriae, Cucumaltina placocephalus n. gen. n. sp.
Cnemidiastrum almeriae Brimaud and Vachard 1986 demosponge
Cucumaltina placocephalus n. gen. n. sp. Brimaud and Vachard 1986 demosponge | |
Plioboliopsis hispanica Brimaud and Vachard 1986 demosponge | |
Pleroma leviorum n. sp.
Pleroma leviorum n. sp. Brimaud and Vachard 1986 demosponge | |
Discodermia polytylostoma n. sp., Pliegatella genovefae n. gen. n. sp.
Discodermia polytylostoma n. sp. Brimaud and Vachard 1986 demosponge
Pliegatella genovefae n. gen. n. sp. Brimaud and Vachard 1986 demosponge | |
Geodia avicula Brimaud and Vachard 1986 demosponge |