Cabo Roche town (Pliocene to of Spain)
Where: Spain (36.5° N, 6.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 35.9° N, 5.7° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pliocene to Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 3.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; carbonate
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: J. C. Braga and J. Aguirre. 1995. Taxonomy of fossil coralline algal species: Neogene Lithophylloideae (Rhodophyta, Corallinaceae) from southern Spain. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 86:265-285 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 137719: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 18.12.2012
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Taxonomic list
• This study describes coralline algae
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| Florideophyceae | |
"Lithophyllum orbiculatum" = Lithothamnion orbiculatum, "Lithophyllum pustulatum" = Titanoderma pustulatum, Lithophyllum incrustans, Lithophyllum nitorum, Lithophyllum dentatum
"Lithophyllum orbiculatum" = Lithothamnion orbiculatum Foslie 1895
"Lithophyllum pustulatum" = Titanoderma pustulatum Lamouroux 1816
Lithophyllum incrustans Philippi 1837
Lithophyllum nitorum Adey and Adey 1973
Lithophyllum dentatum Kützing 1841 | |