Also known as Reef 242
Where: Andalucia, Spain (37.3° N, 3.3° W: paleocoordinates 18.2° S, 5.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Marbella Formation, Brigantian (336.0 - 330.9 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bafflestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: H. G. Herbig. 1984. Rekonstruktion eines nicht mehr existenten Sedimentationsraumes - Die Kalkgerölle im Karbon-Flysch der Malagiden (Betische Kordillere, Südspanien) [Reconstruction of a lost sedimentary realm - the limestone boulders in the Carboniferous of the Malaguides (Betic Cordillera, southern Spain)]. Facies 11:1-108 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 76854: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.12.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Gangamophyllum boreale horn coral | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Rhodophyceae | |
"Pseudodonezella sp." = Frustulata
"Pseudodonezella sp." = Frustulata Saltovskaya 1984 | |
Foraminifera | |
Howchinia sp. Cushman 1927 | |