Olesa de Bonesvalls, Penedes Valley, Catalonia: Burdigalian - Langhian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Lithothamniacae
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Columastreidae
Palaeoplesiastraea sp. Chevalier 1961
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Heliastrea sp. Milne Edwards and Haime 1857
Heliastrea oligophylla Reuss 1871
Heliastrea mellahica Gregory 1906
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Mussismilia vindobonensis Chevalier 1961
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950
Tarbellastraea reussiana (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 41.3° North, 1.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.5° North, 0.4° 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"
Lithology description: coral reef, 5-6 m thick, 1.5 km long, 600 m wide
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:70414
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-22 03:50:55 Last modified:2007-03-22 07:02:23
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-22 03:50:55
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]