Where: Aragón, Spain (42.5° N, 0.7° W: paleocoordinates 40.7° N, 3.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Belsué-Atarés Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• Jaca Basin
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Preparation: using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
Primary reference: A. Altuna, G. Álvarez-Pérez, P. Busquets and V. Etayo. 2007. Five new species of Bartonian (Eocene) corals: Jaca Basin, Pyrenees, Spain. In B. Hubann, W. E. Piller (eds.), Fossil Corals and Sponges: Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera, Graz 2003 17:435-453 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 78649: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 13.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Stylophora binacuaensis n. sp.
Stylophora binacuaensis n. sp. Altuna et al. 2007 stony coral | |
Alveopora atarensis n. sp.
Alveopora atarensis n. sp. Altuna et al. 2007 stony coral | |
Hydrozoa | |
Millepora subpirenaica n. sp.
Millepora subpirenaica n. sp. Altuna et al. 2007 fire coral |