Monistrol de Noya, Penedes Valley, Catalonia: Burdigalian - Langhian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Mussidae
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Mussismilia vindobonensis
Chevalier 1961
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Heliastraeidae
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Heliastrea cf. oligophylla
Reuss 1871
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| var. major | ||||||||||
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Heliastrea cf. mellahica
Gregory 1906
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Geography
| Country: | Spain |
| Coordinates: | 41.5° North, 1.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.6° North, 0.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian - Langhian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| 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: | 70412 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-03-22 03:21:32 | Last modified: | 2007-03-22 07:00:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-03-22 03:21:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
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] |