Santa Pola reef, San Miguel de Salinas Basin, Alicante: Messinian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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informal Stromatolite indet.
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites sp.
Link 1807
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Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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| listed as Clyona sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten sp.
Müller 1776
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Ulvophyceae
- Bryopsidales
- Halimedaceae
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Halimeda sp.
Lamouroux 1812
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Geography
| Country: | Spain |
| Coordinates: | 38.2° North, 0.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.3° North, 1.1° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Reef Complex and Terminal Complex Units | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified framestone |
| Lithology description: Porites framestone in the Reef Complex Unit and Stromatolites in the Terminal Complex Unit | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Geology comments: asymmetric atoll-like reef, 5 km in diamter, max. thickness of 100 m | |
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 900 | ||
| Database number: | 69841 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-03-08 02:54:08 | Last modified: | 2007-03-08 04:54:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-03-08 02:54:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23438. | F. Calvet, I. Zamarreno, and D. Valles. 1996. Late Miocene reefs of the Alicante-Elche Basin, southeast Spain. SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 5:177-190 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |