Olesa de Bonesvalls, Penedes Valley, Catalonia: Burdigalian - Langhian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae
- Hapalidiales
- Lithothamniacae
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Lithothamnion sp.
Heydrich 1897
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites sp.
Link 1807
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Columastreidae
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Palaeoplesiastraea sp.
Chevalier 1961
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Heliastraeidae
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Heliastrea sp.
Milne Edwards and Haime 1857
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Heliastrea oligophylla
Reuss 1871
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Heliastrea mellahica
Gregory 1906
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Mussidae
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Mussismilia vindobonensis
Chevalier 1961
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Tarbellastraea sp.
Alloiteau 1950
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Tarbellastraea reussiana
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
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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] |