Also known as Reef 649
Where: Spain (37.7° N, 1.7° W: paleocoordinates 37.8° N, 2.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Tortonian to Tortonian (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• Middle Tortonian-Early Messinian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. Vennin, J. M. Rouchy, C. Chaix, M. M. Blanc-Valleron, A. Caruso and V. Rommevau. 2004. Paleoecological constraints on reef-coral morphologies in the Tortonian-Early Messinian of the Lorca Basin, SE Spain. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 213:163-185 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 70515: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
Spongites sp. Kützing 1841
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909 | |
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891 | |
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897 | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Vermetidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 worm shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Anthozoa | |
"Acanthastraea sp." = Acanthastrea
"Acanthastraea sp." = Acanthastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral
Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Porites collegniana Michelin 1842 stony coral
Porites arenosa Esper 1797 stony coral |