Where: Almería, Spain (37.1° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 2.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Novaglie Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• Age taken from Braga et al. (formerly given as Neogene)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks
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 137745: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 19.12.2012, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Florideophyceae | |
Phymatolithon calcareum1, Lithothamnion philippii1, Melobesioideae indet.2, Mesophyllum sp.1, Lithophyllum byssoides1, "Lithophyllum pustulatum" = Titanoderma pustulatum, Neogoniolithon brassicaflorida1, Neogoniolithon sp.1, Spongites fruticulosus1, Spongites sp.2, Sporolithon molle1
Phymatolithon calcareum1 Pallas 1766
Melobesioideae indet.2 Bizzozero 1885
Mesophyllum sp.1 Lemoine 1930
"Lithophyllum pustulatum" = Titanoderma pustulatum Lamouroux 1816
Neogoniolithon sp.1 Setchell and Mason 1943
Spongites sp.2 Kützing 1841 | |