Almeria (Miocene of Spain)

Where: Andalusia, Spain (36.8° N, 2.5° W: paleocoordinates 37.0° N, 3.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Brimaud and D. Vachard. 1986. Les spongiaires siliceux du Tortonien des Betiques (Miocene de l'Espagne du Sud): especes nouvelles ou peu connues, I: Choristides et Lithistides [Tortonian siliceous sponges from the Betics (Miocene of southern Spain): new or little known species, I: Choristida and Lithistida]. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, C 8(3):293-341 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 116135: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Hexactinellida
 Hexactinosa - Aphrocallistidae
Aphrocallistes estevoui, Aphrocallistes lobata
Aphrocallistes estevoui Termier and Termier 1981 glass sponge
Aphrocallistes lobata Pomel 1872 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Tretodictyidae
Ramalmerina fischeri n. gen. n. sp., Sclerothamnopsis collina n. sp.
Ramalmerina fischeri n. gen. n. sp. Brimaud and Vachard 1986 glass sponge
Sclerothamnopsis collina n. sp. Brimaud and Vachard 1986 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Euretidae
Eurete vaceleti
Eurete vaceleti Brimaud and Vachard 1986 glass sponge
 Lyssacinosa - Euplectellidae
Regadrella vitilis
Regadrella vitilis Brimaud and Vachard 1986 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae
"Manzonia betica n. sp." = Manzonispongia betica
"Manzonia betica n. sp." = Manzonispongia betica Brimaud and Vachard 1986 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Dactylocalycidae
Dactylocalyx caperatus n. sp.
Dactylocalyx caperatus n. sp. Brimaud and Vachard 1986 glass sponge
Demospongiae
 Tetralithistida - Theonellidae
Pliegatella genovefae
Pliegatella genovefae Brimaud and Vachard 1986 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Azoricidae
Plioboliopsis hispanica n. gen. n. sp.
Plioboliopsis hispanica n. gen. n. sp. Brimaud and Vachard 1986 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Cnemidiastridae
Cnemidiastrum almeriae
Cnemidiastrum almeriae Brimaud and Vachard 1986 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Jereicidae
Jereopsis inaequalis
Jereopsis inaequalis Pomel 1872 demosponge
subsp. inaequalis
 Spirosclerophorida - Seliscothonidae
Trachydictya pomeli n. sp.
Trachydictya pomeli n. sp. Brimaud and Vachard 1986 demosponge
 Ancorinida - Geodiidae
Geodia avicula
Geodia avicula Brimaud and Vachard 1986 demosponge