Nijar, Almeria, reef-talus slope: Tortonian - Messinian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae - Sporolithales - Sporolithaceae
Sporolithon sp. (Rothpletz 1891)
original and current combination Archaeolithothamnium
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Mesophyllaceae
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Varicorbula gibba (Oliva 1792)
recombined as Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama (Chama) gryphoides (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Chama gryphoides
Pseudochama (Pseudochama) gryphina (Lamarck 1819)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Tapes (Ruditapes) basteroti Mayer 1857
recombined as Venerupis basteroti
Venus (Ventriculoidea) multilamella (Lamarck 1818)
Dosinia (Pectunculus) exoleta (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula subtruncata (da Costa 1778)
Lutraria sp. Lamarck 1799
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia (Ctena) decussata (Costa 1829)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita (Cardita) vindobonensis (Sacco 1899)
Cardites antiquatus (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Cardites antiquata
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758
? Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798
Modiolus sp. (Lamarck 1801)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys pusio (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Talochlamys pusio
Pecten aduncus Eichwald 1830
Chlamys opercularis (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Aequipecten opercularis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Limaria) tuberculata (Olivi 1792)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758
subspecies lamellosa
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata (Linnaeus 1758)
Anadara (Anadara) diluvii (Lamarck 1805)
recombined as Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii
Arca (Arca) noae (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Arca noae
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) bimaculata
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
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 packstone
Secondary lithology: lithified grainstone
Lithology description: blocks of the reef framework and coral breccia
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:69788
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-07 07:02:28 Last modified:2007-03-07 09:02:28
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-07 07:02:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]