Also known as Reef 662
Where: Spain (37.3° N, 2.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 3.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• Upper Tortonian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
• Coral quantiative data for whole outcrop combined
Primary reference: J. M. Martin, J. C. Braga, and P. Rivas. 1989. Coral successions in Upper Tortonian reefs in SE Spain. Lethaia 22:271-286 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34733: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 18.09.2003, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
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Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Palaeoplesiastraea sp. Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |
Platygyra siciliae stony coral
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral
Tarbellastraea bragai n. sp. Stemann and Budd 1996 stony coral
Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Cypraeidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 cowry | |
Florideophyceae | |
Mesophyllum commune Lemoine 1939 | |
Lithophyllum capederi Lemoine 1925
Lithophyllum albanense Lemoine 1924 |