Zeneta area, San Miguel de Salinas Basin, Murcia: Messinian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpulidae indet.
Rafinesque 1835
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Vermetidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Lithophaga sp.
Röding 1798
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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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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Ulvophyceae
- Bryopsidales
- Halimedaceae
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Halimeda sp.
Lamouroux 1812
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Corallinophycidae
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Spongites sp.
Kützing 1841
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Lithoporella sp.
Foslie 1909
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Florideophyceae
- Hapalidiales
- Corallinophycidae
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Lithothamnion sp.
Heydrich 1897
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Nodosariata
- Vaginulinida
- Vaginulinidae
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Lenticulina sp.
Lamarck 1804
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Tubothalamea
- Miliolida
- Hauerinidae
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Triloculina sp.
d'Orbigny 1826
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Quinqueloculina sp.
d'Orbigny 1826
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unclassified
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"Biloculina" sp.
d'Orbigny 1826
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Elphidiidae
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Elphidium sp.
Monfort 1808
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Amphisteginidae
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Amphistegina sp.
d'Orbigny 1826
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Rotaliidae
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Ammonia sp.
Bruennich 1772
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Nummulitidae
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Heterostegina sp.
d'Orbigny 1826
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Globothalamea
- Loftusiida
- Acervulinidae
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Acervulina mabaheti
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Cibicididae
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Cibicides sp.
Monfort 1808
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Lituolida
- Lituolidae
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Textularia sp.
Defrance 1824
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Geography
| Country: | Spain |
| Coordinates: | 38.0° North, 1.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.1° North, 1.5° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.246 - 5.333 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified framestone |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified "reef rocks" |
| Lithology description: Porites-framestone with coralline algal-foraminiferal-microbial crusts and mud- to wackestone matrix; coralline algal bindstone | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Geology comments: patch reefs, up to 15 m thick and with a lateral extension from 30 to 100 m | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 651 | ||
| Database number: | 69812 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-03-08 01:12:55 | Last modified: | 2007-03-08 03:12:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-03-08 01:12:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23436. | C. Reinhold. 1995. Guild structure and aggradation pattern of Messinian Porites patch reefs: ecological succession and external environmental control (San Miguel de Salinas Basin, SE Spain). Sedimentary Geology 97:157-175 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |