Murchas, Granada, coral-oyster patch reefs, Andalucia: Langhian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pocilloporidae
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Stylophora sp.
Schweigger 1819
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites sp.
Link 1807
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Siderastreidae
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Siderastrea sp.
Blainville 1830
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Mussidae
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Mussismilia sp.
Ortmann 1890
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Tarbellastraea sp.
Alloiteau 1950
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Rhizangiidae
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Cladangia sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Heliastraeidae
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Heliastrea sp.
Milne Edwards and Haime 1857
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Diploastraeidae
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Thegioastraea sp.
Michelotti 1871
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpulidae indet.
Rafinesque 1835
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea edulis
Linnaeus 1758
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| var. lamellosa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Hyotissa squarrosa
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys sp.
Röding 1798
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita sp.
Bruguière 1792
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Vermetidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conidae indet.
Fleming 1822
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Florideophyceae
- Hapalidiales
- Mesophyllaceae
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Mesophyllum sp.
Lemoine 1930
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Lithophyllaceae
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Lithophyllum sp.
Philippi 1837
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Spongitaceae
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Spongites sp.
Kützing 1841
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Neogoniolithon sp.
Setchell and Mason 1943
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Geography
| Country: | Spain |
| Coordinates: | 37.0° North, 3.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.1° North, 4.8° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Langhian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Langhian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "reef rocks" |
| Lithology description: coral-oyster patch reefs, up to 18 m wide and 3-4 m thick, surrounded by silty sediments | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Geology comments: outer shelf of a homoclinal ramp | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 1978 | ||
| Database number: | 69779 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-03-07 05:13:30 | Last modified: | 2007-03-07 07:13:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-03-07 05:13:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23406. | J. C. Braga, A. P. Jimenez, J. M. Martin and P. Rivas. 1996. Middle Miocene coral-oyster reefs, Murchas, Granada, southern Spain. SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 5:131-139 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |