Nijar, Almeria, reef-talus slope (Miocene to of Spain)

Where: Spain (37.0° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 2.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tortonian to Tortonian (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified packstone and lithified grainstone

• blocks of the reef framework and coral breccia

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. P. Jimenez and J. C. Braga. 1993. Occurence and taphonomy of bivalves from the Nijar reef (Messinian, Late Miocene, SE Spain). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 102:239-251 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 69788: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata, "Anadara (Anadara) diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii, "Arca (Arca) noae" = Arca noae
Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Anadara (Anadara) diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam
"Arca (Arca) noae" = Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Limaria) tuberculata Olivi 1792 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio, Pecten aduncus, "Chlamys opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis, Spondylus sp.
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Pecten aduncus Eichwald 1830 scallop
"Chlamys opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster
subspecies lamellosa
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel
? Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Varicorbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
"Varicorbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Pseudochama (Pseudochama) gryphina Lamarck 1819 jewel box
"Chama (Chama) gryphoides" = Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Tapes (Ruditapes) basteroti" = Venerupis basteroti Mayer 1857 venus clam
Venus (Ventriculoidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Dosinia (Pectunculus) exoleta Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Lutraria sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
Spisula subtruncata da Costa 1778 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Cardites antiquatus" = Cardites antiquata Linnaeus 1758 clam
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835