Serra de Tramuntana, reef-type 1, NW Mallorca: Aquitanian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinaceae
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia falloti Chevalier 1961
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Heliastrea mellanica
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
Porites collegniana Michelin 1842
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia batalleri Chevalier 1961
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Thegioastraea aequa
synonym of Diploastrea
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 39.8° North, 2.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.6° North, 0.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Aquitanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Aquitanian
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 20.44000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sant Elm
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: reefs in medium-to coarse-grained terrigenous fans
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1996
Database number:69927
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-12 08:11:04 Last modified:2007-03-12 10:11:05
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-12 08:11:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
23474. M. Esteban, J. C. Braga, J. Martin and C. Santisteban. 1996. Western mediterranean reef complexes. SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 5:55-72 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]