Igualada Basin, Puig Aguilera, Tossa Fm (Eocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (41.6° N, 1.6° E: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 1.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tossa Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks

• SBZ 19. Complejo deltaico arrecifal

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: G. Álvarez-Pérez and P. Busquets. 2012. Formas anomalas en los corales eocenos de la Cuenca de Igualada (Noreste de Espania). Revista Española de Paleontología 27(1) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 146168: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 17.06.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis cognata Oppenheim 1901 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Leptomussa variabilis d'Achiardi 1867 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Placosmiliopsis bilobatus d'Achiardi 1868 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Nicaeotrochus cyclolitoides Bellardi 1847 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
Pattalophyllia grumi Catullo 1852 stony coral