Illora, Spain (Miocene of Spain)

Also known as Reef 1474

Where: Spain (37.3° N, 3.8° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 4.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Only corals described

Primary reference: J. C. Braga, J. M. Martin, and B. Alcala. 1990. Coral reefs in coarse-terrigenous sedimentary envrinoments (Upper Tortonian, Granada Basin, southern Spain). Sedimentary Geology 66:135-150 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22979: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 05.07.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral