Sierra del Madero, Spain (Jurassic of Spain)

Also known as Reef 407

Where: Spain (41.8° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 8.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Vertical accretion of bioherms.
• 60 m thick reefal limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: C. Errenst. 1990. Das korallenführende Kimmeridgium der nordwestliche Iberischen Ketten und angrenzender Gebiete (Fazies, Paläogeographie und Beschreibung der Korallenfauna), Teil 1. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 214:121-207 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34625: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 12.09.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Pseudocoenia splendens" = Adelocoenia splendens de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Stylosmilia michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Heliocoenia sp. Étallon 1859 stony coral
Heliocoenia vesicularia Errenst 1990 stony coral
Enallhelia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Pseudocoenia beskidena Eliasova 1981 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae
Aplosmilia semisulcata Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Amphiastrea cf. piriformis Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae
Thecosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Thecosmilia longimana Quenstedt 1881 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Clausastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Clausastrea parva Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
Isastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Isastrea helianthoides Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis flabellum de Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
"Meandrophyllia edwardsi" = Meandrophyllia corrugata, "Actinaraeopsis araneola" = Camptodocis araneola, "Actinarea sp." = Actinaraea
"Meandrophyllia edwardsi" = Meandrophyllia corrugata Michelin 1843 stony coral
"Actinaraeopsis araneola" = Camptodocis araneola Roniewicz 1968 stony coral
"Actinarea sp." = Actinaraea d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Comoseridae
Comoseris sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Comoseris baltovensis Roniewicz 1966 stony coral
Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Microsolena tuberosa Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
? Fungiastraea sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral