Papiol, Penedes Valley, Catalonia: Burdigalian - Langhian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Heliastrea mellahica Gregory 1906
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
? Lithophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950
Tarbellastraea reussiana (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
Favites sp. Link 1807
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Solenastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 41.4° North, 2.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.5° North, 4.3° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Burdigalian - Langhian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Burdigalian - Langhian
Age range of interval: 20.45 - 13.82 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: coral bioherm, 5-20 m thick
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1999
Database number:70411
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-22 02:58:09 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-22 02:58:09
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
23527. J. P. Chevalier. 1961. Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale [Miocene corals and reefs from the western Mediterranean]. Memoires de la Societe geologique de France 93:1-562 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

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]