El Entredicho, Elche de la Sierra area, Sponge Biostrome, Albacete (Jurassic of Spain)

Also known as Reef 448

Where: Spain (38.4° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 30.1° N, 6.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• sponge limestone, 2.50 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Behmel. 1970. Beiträge zur Stratigraphie und Paläontologie des Juras von Ostspanien, V: Stratigraphie und Fazies im präbetischen Jura von Albacete und Nord-Murcia [Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Jurassic of eastern Spain, part 5: Stratigraphy and facies in the Prebetic Jurassic of Albacete and northern Murcia]. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 137:1-102 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67867: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.12.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella sp.
Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula sp.
Terebratula sp. Müller 1776
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet.
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Ochetoceras (Ochetoceras) canaliculatus, Ochetoceras (Ochetoceras) sp., Glochiceras sp., Taramelliceras sp.
Ochetoceras (Ochetoceras) sp. Haug 1885 ammonite
Glochiceras sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
Taramelliceras sp. Del Campana 1904 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Perisphinctes sp., Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) sp., Perisphinctes (Divisosphinctes) bifurcatus, "Perisphinctes (Divisosphinctes) grossouvrei" = Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) grossouvrei, Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) sp., "Perisphinctes (Otosphinctes) sp." = Otosphinctes
Perisphinctes sp. Waagen 1869 ammonite
"Perisphinctes (Divisosphinctes) grossouvrei" = Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) grossouvrei Siemiradzki 1898 ammonite
Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) sp. Buckman 1924 ammonite
"Perisphinctes (Otosphinctes) sp." = Otosphinctes Buckman 1926 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae
Lithacoceras (Discosphinctes) richei
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Aspidoceras sp.
Aspidoceras sp. Zittel ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras sp.
Phylloceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite
 Nautilida - Paracenoceratidae
Paracenoceras cf. franconicus
 Belemnitida - Belemnitidae
Belemnites sp.
Belemnites sp. belemnite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pectinidae indet.
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet.
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp.
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster
Hexactinellida
 Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
"Tremadictyon reticulatum" = Cribrospongia reticulata, "Tremadictyon sp." = Cribrospongia
"Tremadictyon reticulatum" = Cribrospongia reticulata Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
"Tremadictyon sp." = Cribrospongia d'Orbigny 1849 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Staurodermatidae
Stauroderma sp.
Stauroderma sp. Zittel 1877 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Sporadopylidae
"Amphiblestrum sp." = Xenoschrammenum
"Amphiblestrum sp." = Xenoschrammenum de Laubenfels 1955 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Discophyma sp.
Discophyma sp. Oppliger 1915 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Pachyteichismatidae
Trochobolus sp.
Trochobolus sp. Zittel 1877 glass sponge
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Craticularia ex gr. rhizoconus, Craticularia sp.
Craticularia sp. Zittel 1877 glass sponge
 Lyssacinosa - Stauractinellidae
Stauractinella jurassica
Stauractinella jurassica Zittel 1877 glass sponge
Demospongiae
 Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae
Jerea sp.
Jerea sp. Lamouroux 1821 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Cnemidiastridae
Cnemidiastrum sp.
Cnemidiastrum sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge