Cariatiz section - Framework blocks and coral brecci facies, Fringing Reef Unit: Messinian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Lithophyllaceae
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Lithophyllum byssoides
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Lithophyllum pustulatum
(Lamouroux 1816)
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Hydrolithaceae
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Lithoporella sp.
Foslie 1909
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Spongitaceae
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Neogoniolithon sp.
Setchell and Mason 1943
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Spongites sp.
Kützing 1841
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Florideophyceae
- Hapalidiales
- Lithothamniacae
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Phymatolithon sp.
Foslie 1898
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unclassified
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Mollusca indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites sp.
Link 1807
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Geography
| Country: | Spain |
| Coordinates: | 37.1° North, 2.1° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.2° North, 2.6° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Member: | Azagador | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower Messinian |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "reef rocks" |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Geology comments: Framework blocks and coral breccias derived from the framework upslope. Coralline algae occur as rhodoliths made up of encrusting and warty thalli, crusts on coral clasts, fragments dispersed in the breccia matrix, and rhodoliths and crusts inside framework blocks. Except for the latter, it is quite difcult to ascertain whether the coralline algae grew on the slope or fell downslope from higher settings prior to or after their death. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 147446 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-07-08 17:36:09 | Last modified: | 2013-07-08 02:36:09 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2013-10-08 17:36:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 47499. | J. C. Braga and J. Aguirre. 2001. Coralline algal assemblages in upper Neogene reef and temperate carbonates in Southern Spain. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (175)27-41 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |