Also known as Reef 595
Where: Murcia, Spain (37.9° N, 1.9° W: paleocoordinates 26.0° N, 6.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)
• Origianlly dated as latest Sinemurian-early Pliensbachian. New Sr data (Ruiz-Ortiz et al. 2004, Basin Research, 16, 235) suggest early Pliensbachian age.
•Level 9 of local section
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, fine-grained, shelly/skeletal limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: recrystallized, replaced with silica
Collection methods: chemical, mechanical
Primary reference: D. Turnsek, H. Seyfried, and O.F. Geyer. 1975. Geologische und paläontologische Untersuchungen an einem Korallenvorkommen im subbetischen Unterjura von Murcia (Süd-Spanien). Razprave, Acad. Scient. et Artium Slovenica, Cl. IV 18(5):1-35 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 38080: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 10.04.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Foraminifera indet. foram | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Anthozoa | |
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Actinastrea gibbosa, "Cyathocoenia schafhaeutli" = Chondrocoenia schafhaeutli
Actinastrea gibbosa Duncan 1867 stony coral
"Cyathocoenia schafhaeutli" = Chondrocoenia schafhaeutli Winckler 1861 stony coral | |
Isastrea cf. richardsoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Paraphyllogyra cf. sinuosa stony coral
Montlivaltia doriai stony coral
Montlivaltia polymorpha Terquem and Piette 1865 stony coral | |
Pinacophyllum gracile, Pinacophyllum parallelum, Stylophyllopsis mucronata, Stylophyllopsis praenuntians, Stylophyllopsis walliae, Stylophyllopsis rudis, Phacelostylophyllum planum, Phacelostylophyllum irregulare
Pinacophyllum gracile stony coral
Pinacophyllum parallelum Frech 1890 stony coral
Stylophyllopsis mucronata stony coral
Stylophyllopsis praenuntians stony coral
Stylophyllopsis walliae Duncan 1867 stony coral
Stylophyllopsis rudis Emmrich 1853 stony coral
Phacelostylophyllum planum stony coral
Phacelostylophyllum irregulare stony coral | |
Synastrea cf. walfordi stony coral | |
"Actinarea bevoayensis" = Actinaraea
"Actinarea bevoayensis" = Actinaraea stony coral | |
Hispaniastraea ramosa n. gen. n. sp.
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Thamnasteria defranciana stony coral | |
Comophyllia thamnastroides stony coral | |
Tricycloseris sp. Tomes 1878 stony coral
Comoseris sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral | |
unclassified | |
Porifera indet. Grant 1836 | |
Demospongiae | |
"Hispaniastraea murciana n. gen. n. sp." = Chaetetes (Pseudoseptifer) murciana
"Hispaniastraea murciana n. gen. n. sp." = Chaetetes (Pseudoseptifer) murciana Turnsek et al. 1975 demosponge | |
Coccophyllum liasicum | |
"Coccophyllum liasicum n. sp." = Palaeopora liasica
"Coccophyllum liasicum n. sp." = Palaeopora liasica Turnsek and Geyer 1975 |