Puerto Llano, Sierra del Pozo, Jaen, Andalucia: Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Salinea sp.
1 individual
Triptyxis aff. belbekensis
1 individual
Gastropoda
Auroraella cf. hoheneggeri
1 individual
Auroraella cf. choffati
1 individual
Auroraella tenuis
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Nerineidae
"Nerinea" sp. Deshayes 1827
25 individuals
Archimedea aff. manesensis
1 individual
Polyptyxis calypso
5 individuals
Polyptyxis cf. jalpachensis
1 individual
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Itieriidae
? Phaneroptyxis bjelishensis
1 individual
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Nerinellidae
Multiptyxis airigulensis
18 individuals
Multiptyxis sp. Pchelintsev 1953
19 individuals
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina strambergensis Geyer 1955
7 specimens
recombined as Heliocoenia strambergensis
Stylina sp. Lamarck 1816
1 specimen
Stylina parvistella Volz 1903
1 specimen
synonym of Stylina inwaldensis
Stylina cf. parcicosta Koby 1905
2 specimens
Stylina cf. subramosa Koby 1889
6 specimens
synonym of Stylina inflata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastraea minima Beauvais 1986
2 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Latusastrea exiguis (Fromentel 1862)
5 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Aplosmilia semisulcata (Michelin 1843)
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Epistreptophyllum sp. Milaschewitsch 1876
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Meandrophyllia edwardsi (Michelin 1843)
1 specimen
synonym of Meandrophyllia corrugata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae
Axosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Stylina parviramosa Beauvais 1964
1 specimen
    = Keriophyllia sp. Alloiteau 1958
Baron-Szabo 2009
Amphiastrea basaltiformis Etallon 1859
7 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria gracilis (Münster 1826)
2 specimens
Thamnasteria lobata (Goldfuss 1826)
2 specimens
    = Mesomorpha ornata Morycowa 1971
Baron-Szabo 2009
recombined as Ahrdorffia ornata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Microphyllia undans Etallon 1859
13 specimens
    = Latiastrea magna Sikharulidze 1985
Baron-Szabo 2009
original and current combination Latiastraea magna
Microphyllia cf. bachmayeri Geyer 1955
1 specimen
synonym of Latiastrea canavarii
Microphyllia cf. undans Etallon 1859
1 specimen
Fungiastraea cf. moeschi (Koby 1887)
2 specimens
Thamnastraea moeschi
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821
1 specimen
Microsolena cf. distefanoi (Prever 1909)
1 specimen
synonym of Microsolena major
Stromatoporoidea
Disparistromaria sp.
1 specimen
Milleporidium variocellatum
3 specimens
Milleporidium formosum
5 specimens
Milleporidium remesi Steinmann 1903
3 specimens
Stromatoporina tornquisti (Deininger 1906)
1 specimen
Demospongiae
Blastochaetetes bathonicus Fischer 1965
1 specimen
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Actinostromarianinidae
? Actinostromarianina sp. Lecompte 1952
2 specimens
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Actinostromariidae
Actinostromaria jeanneti
1 specimen
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Milleporellidae
Dehornella harrarensis (Wells 1943)
2 specimens
Dehornella crustans Hudson 1960
4 specimens
unclassified
Actinastraea pseudominima Koby 1897
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 37.8° North, 3.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.9° North, 5.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 1
Key time interval:Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian
Age range of interval:140.60000 - 132.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: unit 6, 40 m thick
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified grainstone
Secondary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Lithology description: calcarenite, in the uppermost 5-7 m reef limestones (small biohermes, up to 2 m thick)
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:69144
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel, W. Kiessling
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-02-20 06:47:55 Last modified:2007-02-20 08:47:55
Access level:the public Released:2007-02-20 06:47:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
19934. O. F. Geyer and S. Rosendahl. 1985. Stromatoporen, Korallen und Nerineen aus oberjurassischen und unterkretazischen Schichten des Präbetikums von Cazorla (Provinz Jaen, Spanien) [Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous stromatoporoids, corals and nerineids from the Prebetic of Cazorla (Jaen, Spain)]. Arbeiten aus dem Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie an der Universität Stuttgart 82:161-179 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

30659 R. Baron-Szabo. 2009. Taxonomic opinions on Cretaceous corals. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]