Lower Reef, Cati, Maestrazgo: Hauterivian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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informal Thrombolite indet.
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Cyanophyceae
- Garwoodiaceae
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Bacinella irregularis
Radoicic 1959
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common category | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Lithocodium aggregatum
Elliott 1956
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common category | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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| Boring bivalves | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Diastoporidae
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"Berenicea" sp.
Lamouroux 1821
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpulidae indet.
Rafinesque 1835
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montlivaltiidae
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Dimorphocoenia cf. crassisepta
(d'Orbigny 1850)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Stylinidae
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Stylina parvistella
Volz 1903
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| synonym of Stylina inwaldensis | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Cladophylliidae
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Cladophyllia aff. catalaunica
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Comoseriidae
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Polyphylloseris sp.
Fromentel 1857
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Thamnasteriidae
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Mesomorpha sp.
Pratz 1883
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Actinastreidae
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Actinastrea pattoni
(Wells 1933)
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| recombined as Stelidioseris pattoni | ||||||||||
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Holocoenia jaccardi
Koby 1897
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common category | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Heterocoeniidae
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Latusastrea irregularis
(Toula 1884)
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unclassified
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Porifera indet.
Grant 1836
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| Boring sponges | ||||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Tabulospongida
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Tabulospongida indet.
Hartmann and Goreau 1975
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rare category | |||||||||
| listed as "calcareous chaetetid sponges" | ||||||||||
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Florideophyceae
- Sporolithales
- Sporolithaceae
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Sporolithon phylloideum
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Tomas et al. 2007 | rare category | ||||||||
| original and current combination Archaeolithothamnium | ||||||||||
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Sporolithon rude
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Tomas et al. 2007 | rare category | ||||||||
| original and current combination Archaeolithothamnium | ||||||||||
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Corallinaceae
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Kymalithon sp.
Lemoine and Emberger 1967
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Telamminidae
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Troglotella incrustans
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Haplophragmoiidae
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Placopsilina sp.
d'Orbigny 1850
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Wetheredellidae
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Koskinobullina socialis
Cherchi and Schroeder 1979
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Geography
| Country: | Spain |
| Coordinates: | 40.5° North, 0.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.4° North, 9.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Hauterivian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2 |
| Key time interval: | Hauterivian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 132.60000 - 125.77000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified framestone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Reef A (lower reef). This is about 2 m thick and pinches out laterally, comprising a horizontal extent of about 20 m. The reefs consist of corals and microbialite (mainly thrombolite) as the main constructors. In both reef units, thrombolites formed subsequently, overlying a first layer of encrusters that settled directly on the corals. Encrusters comprise algae, foraminifera, bryozoans and serpulid polychaetes, but small lithistid, chaetetid and stromatoporoid sponges are also frequent. | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | transgressive systems tract |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Bioerosion: | frequent |
| Encrustation: | extreme |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Focus on corals | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3364 | ||
| Database number: | 56707 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-11-23 04:30:01 | Last modified: | 2005-11-23 06:30:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-11-23 04:30:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15289. | S. Götz, H. Löser, and D. U. Schmid. 2005. Reef development on a deepening platform: two Early Cretaceous coralgal patch reefs (Cati, Llacova Formation, eastern Spain) compared. Cretaceous Research 26:864-881 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |
Secondary references:
| 23521 | S. Tomas, J. Aguirre, J. C. Braga and C. Martín-Closas. 2007. Late Hauterivian coralline algae (Rhodophyta, Corallinales) from the Iberian Chain (E Spain). Taxonomy and the evolution of multisporangial reproductive structures. Facies 53(1):79-95 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/M. Uhen] |