Murchas, Granada, coral-oyster patch reefs, Andalucia (Miocene of Spain)

Also known as Reef 1978

Where: Spain (37.0° N, 3.6° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 4.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• Upper Langhian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• outer shelf of a homoclinal ramp
• coral-oyster patch reefs, up to 18 m wide and 3-4 m thick, surrounded by silty sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. C. Braga, A. P. Jimenez, J. M. Martin and P. Rivas. 1996. Middle Miocene coral-oyster reefs, Murchas, Granada, southern Spain. SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 5:131-139 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 69779: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet.
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conidae indet.
Conidae indet. Fleming 1822 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Vermetidae indet.
Vermetidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 worm shell
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp.
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea edulis
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster
var. lamellosa
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa squarrosa
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita sp.
Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792 clam
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
"Thegioastraea sp." = Diploastrea
"Thegioastraea sp." = Diploastrea Matthai 1914 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp.
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea sp.
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Cladangia sp.
Cladangia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea sp.
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Mussismilia sp.
Mussismilia sp. Ortmann 1890 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Heliastrea sp.
Heliastrea sp. Milne Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Spongites sp., Neogoniolithon sp., Lithophyllum sp.
Spongites sp. Kützing 1841
Neogoniolithon sp. Setchell and Mason 1943
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Mesophyllum sp.
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930