Playa de Laga I, Vizcaya (Cretaceous to of Spain)

Also known as Reef 4243

Where: Spain (43.4° N, 2.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 8.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aptian to Aptian (125.0 - 109.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified, carbonaceous sandstone

• gray marly limestones intercalated with carbonaceous sandstones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: R. C. Baron-Szabo. 1993. Korallen der höheren Unterkreide ("Urgon") von Nordspanien (Playa de Laga, Prov. Guernica). Berliner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen (E) 9:147-181 [R. Baron-Szabo/R. Baron-Szabo/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74893: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.09.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Trochoidomeandridae
Trochoidomeandra ? ovalis
Trochoidomeandra ? ovalis Turnsek and Mihajlovic 1981 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Latusastrea provincialis
Latusastrea provincialis d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
"Meandraraea meandriformis" = Meandrophyllia meandriformis
"Meandraraea meandriformis" = Meandrophyllia meandriformis Morycowa 1971 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Epistreptophyllum tenue
Epistreptophyllum tenue Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
"Diploastrea harrisi" = Astraeofungia diversisepta
"Diploastrea harrisi" = Astraeofungia diversisepta Hackemesser 1936 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae
? Acrosmilia sp.
? Acrosmilia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae
Axosmilia villersensis
Axosmilia villersensis Koby 1898 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae
Columnocoenia ksiazkiewiczi, Columnocoenia cf. ksiazkiewiczi
Columnocoenia ksiazkiewiczi Morycowa 1964 stony coral
Columnocoenia cf. ksiazkiewiczi Morycowa 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Dimorphastrea bellula
Dimorphastrea bellula d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Heliocoenia ? variabilis
Heliocoenia ? variabilis Etallon 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Cladophyllia furcifera
Cladophyllia furcifera Roemer 1888 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Pseudocoenia beskidena, "Pentacoenia pulchella" = Cyathophora pulchella, Cyathophora steinmanni
Pseudocoenia beskidena Eliasova 1981 stony coral
"Pentacoenia pulchella" = Cyathophora pulchella d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Cyathophora steinmanni Fritzsche 1924 stony coral