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 69929: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816 | |
Anthozoa | |
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 |