Rambla Quebrada section (Pliocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (36.9° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 36.9° N, 2.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; conglomerate and sandstone

• debris-flow conglomerates and sands, changing upwards into silts including coral banks

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: J. C. Braga and J. Aguirre. 2001. Coralline algal assemblages in upper Neogene reef and temperate carbonates in Southern Spain. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (175)27-41 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 147449: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 08.07.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cladocora caespitosa
Cladocora caespitosa Linne 1767 stony coral
Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Mesophyllum sp., Lithophyllum agariciformis, Lithophyllum incrustans, "Lithophyllum pustulatum" = Titanoderma pustulatum, Spongites fruticulosus
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
Lithophyllum incrustans Philippi 1837
"Lithophyllum pustulatum" = Titanoderma pustulatum Lamouroux 1816