Also known as Reef 595
Where: Murcia, Spain (37.9° N, 1.9° W: paleocoordinates 26.0° N, 6.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)
• Origianlly dated as latest Sinemurian-early Pliensbachian. New Sr data (Ruiz-Ortiz et al. 2004, Basin Research, 16, 235) suggest early Pliensbachian age.
•Level 9 of local section
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, fine-grained, shelly/skeletal limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: recrystallized, replaced with silica
Collection methods: chemical, mechanical
Primary reference: D. Turnsek, H. Seyfried, and O.F. Geyer. 1975. Geologische und paläontologische Untersuchungen an einem Korallenvorkommen im subbetischen Unterjura von Murcia (Süd-Spanien). Razprave, Acad. Scient. et Artium Slovenica, Cl. IV 18(5):1-35 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 38080: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 10.04.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Cyathocoenia schafhaeutli" = Chondrocoenia schafhaeutli, Actinastrea gibbosa
"Cyathocoenia schafhaeutli" = Chondrocoenia schafhaeutli Winckler 1861 stony coral
Actinastrea gibbosa Duncan 1867 stony coral | |
"Actinarea bevoayensis" = Actinaraea
"Actinarea bevoayensis" = Actinaraea stony coral | |
Synastrea cf. walfordi stony coral | |
Montlivaltia doriai stony coral
Montlivaltia polymorpha Terquem and Piette 1865 stony coral
Isastrea cf. richardsoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Paraphyllogyra cf. sinuosa stony coral | |
Stylophyllopsis mucronata, Stylophyllopsis praenuntians, Stylophyllopsis walliae, Stylophyllopsis rudis, Phacelostylophyllum planum, Phacelostylophyllum irregulare, Pinacophyllum gracile, Pinacophyllum parallelum
Stylophyllopsis mucronata stony coral
Stylophyllopsis praenuntians stony coral
Stylophyllopsis walliae Duncan 1867 stony coral
Stylophyllopsis rudis Emmrich 1853 stony coral
Phacelostylophyllum planum stony coral
Phacelostylophyllum irregulare stony coral
Pinacophyllum gracile stony coral
Pinacophyllum parallelum Frech 1890 stony coral | |
Tricycloseris sp. Tomes 1878 stony coral
Comoseris sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral | |
Comophyllia thamnastroides stony coral | |
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Hispaniastraea ramosa n. gen. n. sp.
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Thamnasteria defranciana stony coral | |
unclassified | |
Porifera indet. Grant 1836 | |
Demospongiae | |
"Hispaniastraea murciana n. gen. n. sp." = Chaetetes (Pseudoseptifer) murciana
"Hispaniastraea murciana n. gen. n. sp." = Chaetetes (Pseudoseptifer) murciana Turnsek et al. 1975 demosponge | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Foraminifera | |
Foraminifera indet. foram | |
Coccophyllum liasicum | |
"Coccophyllum liasicum n. sp." = Palaeopora liasica
"Coccophyllum liasicum n. sp." = Palaeopora liasica Turnsek and Geyer 1975 |