Also known as Reef 1996
Where: Spain (39.8° N, 2.6° E: paleocoordinates 40.6° N, 0.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Sant Elm Formation, Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. Esteban, J. C. Braga, J. Martin and C. Santisteban. 1996. Western mediterranean reef complexes. SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 5:55-72 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 69928: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Gastropoda | |
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
| Anthozoa | |
"Thegioastraea miocenica" = Diploastrea miocenica, "Thegioastraea burdigalensis" = Diploastrea burdigalensis, "Thegioastraea diversiformis" = Diploastrea diversiformis
"Thegioastraea miocenica" = Diploastrea miocenica Michelotti 1871 stony coral
"Thegioastraea burdigalensis" = Diploastrea burdigalensis Chevalier 1961 stony coral
"Thegioastraea diversiformis" = Diploastrea diversiformis Michelin 1842 stony coral | |
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Stylophora raristella Defrance 1826 stony coral | |
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Agaricia batalleri Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |
"? Ellasmoastraea sp." = Favites, Tarbellastraea aquitaniensis
"? Ellasmoastraea sp." = Favites Link 1807 stony coral
Tarbellastraea aquitaniensis Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |
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Heliastrea sp. Milne Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
Heliastrea asteroides stony coral
Heliastrea mellanica stony coral
Heliastrea deformis Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |
| Florideophyceae | |
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Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816 | |