Nijar, Almeria, reef-core: Tortonian - Messinian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia (Ctena) sp. (Mörch 1860)
Jimenez and Braga 1993
original and current combination Ctena
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
? Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798
Jimenez and Braga 1993
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys pusio (Linnaeus 1758)
Jimenez and Braga 1993
recombined as Talochlamys pusio
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Hydrolithaceae
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Lithophyllaceae
? Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 37.0° North, 2.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.1° North, 2.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian - Messinian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified framestone
Lithology description: Porites framestone
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
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 666
Database number:69787
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-07 06:30:34 Last modified:2007-03-07 08:42:10
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-07 06:30:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

23409. C. Mankiewicz. 1996. The Middle to Upper Miocene carbonate complex of Nijar, Almeria Province, southeastern Spain. SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 5:141-157 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

23412 A. P. Jimenez and J. C. Braga. 1993. Occurence and taphonomy of bivalves from the Nijar reef (Messinian, Late Miocene, SE Spain). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 102:239-251 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]