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

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Pleurocoenia sp.
Bonilla et al. 2018
Pleurodendron sp.
Bonilla et al. 2018
Paronastraeidae indet.
Bonilla et al. 2018
Polystylidiidae indet.
Bonilla et al. 2018
Anthozoa - Helioporacea
Heliopora sp.
Bonilla et al. 2018
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Nudacolumastrea sp. Loeser and Zell 2015
Bonilla et al. 2018
synonym of Haldonia
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Stelidioseris sp. Tomes 1893
Bonilla et al. 2018
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis fotisalensis (Bendukidze 1961)
Calamophylliopsis compressa (d'Orbigny 1850)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Fungiastraea cf. exigua (Reuss 1854)
recombined as Palaeosiderofungia exigua
Astraeofungia sp. Alloiteau 1952
Eosiderastrea sp. Löser 2016
Bonilla et al. 2018
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Meandrophyllia sp. d'Orbigny 1849
Brachycoenia sp. Beauvais 1982
Bonilla et al. 2018
synonym of Brachymeandra
Latohelia sp. Löser 1987
Bonilla et al. 2018
synonym of Pleurocora
Camptodocis sp. Dietrich 1926
Bonilla et al. 2018
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Latusastrea decipiens (Prever 1909)
Latusastrea provincialis (d'Orbigny 1849)
Heterosmilia sp. Kołodziej et al. 2012
Bonilla et al. 2018
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Carolastraeidae
Carolastraeidae indet. Eliasova 1976
Bonilla et al. 2018
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placophylliidae
Placophyllia curvata Turnsek 1974
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Smilotrochiidae
Plesiosmilia sp. Milaschewitsch 1876
Bonilla et al. 2018
Plesiosmilia indet. Milaschewitsch 1876
Bonilla et al. 2018
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Misistellidae
Misistellidae indet. Eliasova 1976
Bonilla et al. 2018
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cladocoridae
Cladocoridae indet. Milne-Edwards 1857
Bonilla et al. 2018
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Columastreidae
Columastraeidae indet. Alloiteau 1952
Bonilla et al. 2018
corrected as Columastreidae
Eocolumastrea sp. Loeser and Zell 2015
Bonilla et al. 2018
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Eugyra pontica
subsp. hydnophoroides
Eugyra cotteaui Fromentel 1857
Eohydnophora sp. Yabe and Eguchi 1936
Bonilla et al. 2018
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Diplogyra sp. Eguchi 1936
Bonilla et al. 2018
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Complexastraea cf. seriata
corrected as Complexastrea
Montlivaltoides sp. He and Xiao 1990
Bonilla et al. 2018
synonym of Thecosmilia
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseriidae
Polyphylloseris sp. Fromentel 1857
Bonilla et al. 2018
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aulastraeoporidae
Aulastraeopora sp. Prever 1909
Bonilla et al. 2018
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Tiarasmilia sp. Wells 1932
Bonilla et al. 2018
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821
Bonilla et al. 2018
Comoseris sp. d'Orbigny 1849
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Latiastrea sp. Beauvais 1964
Bonilla et al. 2018
Thalamocaeniopsis sp. Alloiteau 1953
Bonilla et al. 2018
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Solenocoeniidae
Solenocoeniidae indet. Roniewicz 2008
Bonilla et al. 2018
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cryptocoenia sp. d'Orbigny 1849
Bonilla et al. 2018
Holocystis sp. Lonsdale 1850
Bonilla et al. 2018
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae
Columnocoenia ksiazkiewiczi Morycowa 1964
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Lochmaeosmilia cf. trapeziformis (Gregory 1900)
Budaia travisensis Wells 1933
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Polyastropsis sp. Alloiteau 1957
Bonilla et al. 2018
Stylomaeandra sp. de Fromentel 1877
Bonilla et al. 2018
synonym of Mesomorpha
Ahrdorffia sp. Trauth 1911
Bonilla et al. 2018
synonym of Mesomorpha
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Deshayesitidae
Somalites sp. Pamouktchiev 1983
Bonilla et al. 2018
unclassified
Placoseris sp.
Bonilla et al. 2018
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:74894
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel, M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-09-04 06:12:30 Last modified:2018-10-29 06:08:22
Access level:the public Released:2007-09-04 06:12:30
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]