Also known as Reef 664
Where: Spain (37.2° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 2.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone
•Corraline algal and stromatolitic crusts.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. Riding, J. M. Martin, and J. C. Braga. 1991. Coral-stromatolite reef framework, upper Miocene, Almeria, Spain. Sedimentology 38(5):799-818 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34432: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 01.09.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Florideophyceae | |
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909 | |
Echinoidea | |
? Arbacia sp. Gray 1835 sea urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Anthozoa | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral |