PBDB Collection

La Trona, reef frame, Spain (Eocene of Spain)

Also known as Reef 688

Where: Spain (42.0° N, 2.3° E: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 0.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Delta/reef complexes at northern margin of South Pyrenean Foreland Basin. Reef carbonates developed on delta-lobe deposits.

• Nodular wackestone with in situ corals

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Alvarez, P. Busquets, C. Taberner and M. M. Urquiola. 1994. Facies architecture and coral distiburion in a mid Eocene reef tract, south Pyrenean Foreland Basin (NE Spain). Courier Forschungs-Institut Senckenberg 172:249-259 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34481: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 03.09.2003, edited by Mihaela Krause

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Thallassinoides suevicus, Nummipera eocenica, Lithophylum sp. Thallassinoides suevicus Nummipera eocenica Lithophylum sp.
Cyanophyceae
- Aphralysiaceae	Archaeolithoporella sp. Archaeolithoporella sp. Endo 1959
Florideophyceae
- Corallinophycidae	Lithoporella sp., "Archaeolithothamnion sp." = Sporolithon, Mesophyllum sp. Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909 "Archaeolithothamnion sp." = Sporolithon Rothpletz 1891 Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
Tubothalamea
Miliolida - Miliolidae	Miliolidae indet. Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
Globothalamea
Loftusiida - Acervulinidae	Sphaerogypsina globula Sphaerogypsina globula Reuss 1848
Foraminifera
Planorbulinacea - Cymbaloporidae	Halkyardia minima Halkyardia minima
Nummulitacea - Discocyclinidae	Asterocyclina sp., Discocyclina augustae, Discocyclina sp. Asterocyclina sp. Discocyclina augustae spp. augustae Discocyclina sp.
Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae	Nummulites chavannesi, Nummulites ptukhiani, Nummulites striatus, Assilina schwageri, Heterostegina reticulata, Heterostegina sp. Nummulites chavannesi Nummulites ptukhiani Nummulites striatus Assilina schwageri Heterostegina reticulata spp. reticulata Heterostegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Rotaliina - Bolivinidae	Bolivinidae indet. Bolivinidae indet. Glaessner 1937
-	Orbitoclypeus varians Orbitoclypeus varians
Lituolida - Lituolidae	Textulariidae indet. Textulariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838
Anthozoa
Gorgonacea - Parisididae	Parisis dachiardii Parisis dachiardii gorgonian
Helioporacea - Helioporidae	"Polytremacis bellardii" = Parapolytremacis bellardii "Polytremacis bellardii" = Parapolytremacis bellardii Haime 1852
Scleractinia - Latomeandridae	Ellipsocoenia bauzai Ellipsocoenia bauzai stony coral Jurassic-Cretaceous genus
Scleractinia - Euphylliidae	Euphyllia pachecoi Euphyllia pachecoi stony coral
Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae	Mesomorpha hemispherica, Mesomorpha forojuliensis Mesomorpha hemispherica stony coral Mesomorpha forojuliensis stony coral
Scleractinia - Montastraeidae	"Montastrea guettardi" = Montastraea, "Phyllocoenia friulana" = Montastraea "Montastrea guettardi" = Montastraea stony coral "Phyllocoenia friulana" = Montastraea stony coral
Scleractinia - Meandriidae	Sinuosiphyllia macrogyra Sinuosiphyllia macrogyra stony coral
Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae	Astrocoenia octopartita, Astrocoenia lobatorotundata, Stylocoenia macrostyla, Stylocoenia taurinensis Astrocoenia octopartita stony coral Astrocoenia lobatorotundata Michelin 1842 stony coral Stylocoenia macrostyla stony coral Stylocoenia taurinensis Michelin 1842 stony coral
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Stylophora contorta Stylophora contorta stony coral
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	Astreopora tecta Astreopora tecta Catullo 1856 stony coral
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	"Colpophyllia stellata" = Hydnophyllia stellata, Antiguastrea cvijici, "Cereiphyllia tenuis" = Cladocora tenuis "Colpophyllia stellata" = Hydnophyllia stellata Catullo 1856 stony coral Antiguastrea cvijici stony coral "Cereiphyllia tenuis" = Cladocora tenuis Reuss 1868 stony coral
Scleractinia - Mussidae	Petrophylliella callifera, Lithophyllia detrita, Leptomussa variabilis Petrophylliella callifera stony coral Lithophyllia detrita Michelin 1842 stony coral Leptomussa variabilis d'Achiardi 1867 stony coral
Scleractinia - Actinacididae	Actinacis cognata Actinacis cognata Oppenheim 1901 stony coral
Scleractinia - Poritidae	"Goniaraea elegans" = Goniopora elegans, "Dictyaraea octopartita" = Goniopora octopartita, Goniopora ameliana, Porites sp. "Goniaraea elegans" = Goniopora elegans Leymerie 1846 stony coral "Dictyaraea octopartita" = Goniopora octopartita Oppenheim 1901 stony coral Goniopora ameliana Defrance 1826 stony coral Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Scleractinia - Agariciidae	Pavona bronni, Cyathoseris castroi Pavona bronni Haime 1850 stony coral Cyathoseris castroi stony coral
Scleractinia - Siderastreidae	Siderastrea marloti, Siderastrea hemisphaerica, Siderastrea forojuliensis Siderastrea marloti stony coral Siderastrea hemisphaerica stony coral Siderastrea forojuliensis stony coral
Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae	Desmophyllum castellalensis Desmophyllum castellalensis stony coral
Bivalvia
-	Bivalvia indet. Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam