Also known as Reef 698
Where: Spain (37.4° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 37.6° N, 2.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• 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 34734: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 18.09.2003, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816 | |
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel | |
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster | |
Anthozoa | |
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral | |
Platygyra siciliae stony coral
Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
Tarbellastraea bragai Stemann and Budd 1996 stony coral | |
Palaeoplesiastraea columnaeformis Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |
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Siderastrea crenulata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
"Thegioastraea sp." = Diploastrea
"Thegioastraea sp." = Diploastrea Matthai 1914 stony coral |