Also known as Reef 2470
Where: Spain (36.9° N, 2.3° W: paleocoordinates 36.9° N, 2.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. Aguirre and A. P. Jimenez. 1998. Fossil analogues of present-day Cladocora caespitosa coral banks: sedimentary setting, dwelling community, and taphonomy (Late Pliocene, W Mediterranean). Coral Reefs 17:203-213 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 71144: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816 | |
Anthozoa | |
Cladocora caespitosa Linne 1767 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Turritellidae indet. Lovén 1847 turret shell | |
Vermetidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 worm shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Anadara sp. Gray 1847 ark
Acar sp. Gray 1857 miniature ark | |
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
"Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia, Spondylus sp.
"Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
"Ostrea edulis" = Ostrea edulis, "Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis
"Ostrea edulis" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Tapes sp., "Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella
Tapes sp. Mühlfeld 1811 venus clam
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam | |
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle | |
Cardita caliculata clam | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Thecostraca | |
Balanidae indet. Leach 1817 barnacle |