Playa de Laga I, Vizcaya: Aptian - Early/Lower Albian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Pseudocoenia beskidena Eliasova 1981
Pentacoenia pulchella d'Orbigny 1850
recombined as Cyathophora pulchella
Cyathophora steinmanni Fritzsche 1924
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Cladophyllia furcifera Roemer 1888
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Heliocoenia ? variabilis Etallon 1859
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Latusastrea provincialis (d'Orbigny 1849)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Trochoidomeandridae
Trochoidomeandra ? ovalis Turnsek and Mihajlovic 1981
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae
? Acrosmilia sp. d'Orbigny 1849
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Epistreptophyllum tenue Milaschewitsch 1876
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Diploastrea harrisi Wells 1932
synonym of Astraeofungia diversisepta
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Meandraraea meandriformis Morycowa 1971
recombined as Meandrophyllia meandriformis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae
Axosmilia villersensis (Koby 1898)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Dimorphastrea bellula d'Orbigny 1850
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae
Columnocoenia ksiazkiewiczi Morycowa 1964
Columnocoenia cf. ksiazkiewiczi Morycowa 1964
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 43.4° North, 2.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.6° North, 8.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Key time interval:Aptian - Early/Lower Albian
Age range of interval:121.40000 - 109.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified carbonaceous sandstone
Lithology description: gray marly limestones intercalated with carbonaceous sandstones
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 4243
Database number:74893
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-09-04 05:33:11 Last modified:2018-10-29 06:07:25
Access level:the public Released:2007-09-04 05:33:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12729. R. C. Baron-Szabo. 1993. Korallen der höheren Unterkreide ("Urgon") von Nordspanien (Playa de Laga, Prov. Guernica). Berliner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen (E) 9:147-181 [R. Baron-Szabo/R. Baron-Szabo/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

67242 O. Bonilla, M.A. López-Horgue, and P.A. Fernandez-Mendiola. 2018. Morphological diversity of Lower Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) Scleractinian corals, Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Spain. Jornadas de Paleontología y IV Congreso Ibérico de Paleontología [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]