Where: Spain (37.6° N, 1.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 1.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Brèches rouges de Carboneras Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• Lower Messinian
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: submarine fan; poorly lithified, pebbly, volcaniclastic siliciclastic sediments
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), sieve,
Primary reference: P. Barrier, H. Zibrowius, P. Lozouet, C. Montenat, P. Ott d'Estévou, F. Serrano, and H.-J. Soudet. 1991. Une faune de fond dur du Bathyal supérieur dans le Miocène terminal des cordillères bétiques (Carboneras, SE Espagne). Mésogée 51:3-13 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 56687: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 22.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Foraminifera | |
Cassidulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Heterolepa sp. Franzenau 1884 | |
Neogloboquadrina acostaensis, Globorotalia mediterranea, Globorotalia sp., "Globorotalia ex gr. scitula" = Globorotalia (Hirsutella) scitula
Neogloboquadrina acostaensis Blow 1959
Globorotalia sp. Cushman 1927
"Globorotalia ex gr. scitula" = Globorotalia (Hirsutella) scitula Brady 1882 | |
Globothalamea | |
Cibicides sp. Monfort 1808 | |
Nodosariata | |
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804 | |
Polychaeta | |
Sedentaria | |
Filograna sp. Oken 1815 | |
Bivalvia | |
Acar sp. Gray 1857 miniature ark | |
Gastropoda | |
? Nozeba sp. Iredale 1915 snail | |
"Vermetus" sp. Daudin 1800 worm shell | |
Trivia sp. Broderip 1837 snail
Erato sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry
Pedicularia sp. Swainson 1840 cowry | |
Bursa sp. Roding 1798 frog shell | |
Ranella sp. Lamarck 1816 snail | |
Volvarina sp. Hinds 1844 margin shell | |
Coralliophila sp. Adams and Adams 1853 murex snail
Orania sp. Pallary 1900 murex snail
? Muricopsis sp. Bucquoy et al. 1882 murex snail | |
"Hilda sp." = Pisania
"Hilda sp." = Pisania Bivona-Bernardi 1832 true whelk | |
Mitrella sp. Risso 1826 snail
Amphissa cf. acutecostata Philippi 1844 snail | |
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail | |
Fusinus ex gr. grimaldi snail | |
? Cancellaria sp. Lamarck 1799 snail | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
"Mitrolumna sp." = Mitromorpha
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Vexillum sp. Röding 1798 ribbed mitre | |
Mitra sp. Lamarck 1798 mitre shell | |
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"Siliquaria sp." = Tenagodus
"Siliquaria sp." = Tenagodus Guettard 1770 snail | |
? Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail | |
"Balcis" sp. Leach 1847 snail | |
Vanikoro sp. Quoy and Gaimard 1832 snail | |
Trochidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 top snail
Putzeysia cf. clathrata top snail | |
Homalopoma sp., "Cantrainea cf. peloritana" = Homalopoma (Cantrainea)
Homalopoma sp. Carpenter 1864 snail
"Cantrainea cf. peloritana" = Homalopoma (Cantrainea) snail | |
Danilia sp. Brusina 1865 snail | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Lacazella mediterranea Risso 1826 | |
Dallithyris sphenoidea Philippi 1844 | |
Terebratulina retusa Linnaeus 1758 | |
Megerlia truncata Linnaeus 1767 | |
Gymnolaemata | |
"Sertella sp." = Reteporella
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Adeonellopsis sp. MacGillivray 1886 | |
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? Cribrilina messiniensis Pouyet and Moissette 1986 | |
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Stenolaemata | |
Lichenopora sp. Defrance 1823 | |
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Crisia sp. Lamarck 1812 | |
Idmonea sp. Lamouroux 1821 | |
Discocytis sp. d'Orbigny 1854 | |
Plagioecia sp. Canu 1918 | |
Tervia sp. Jullien 1882 | |
Idmidronea sp. Canu and Bassler 1920 | |
Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
Pachylasma sp. Darwin 1854 barnacle | |
Crinoidea | |
Metacrinus sp. Carpenter 1882 Sea lily | |
Neocrinus aff. gastaldii Sea lily | |
Echinoidea | |
Arbacina catenata sea urchin | |
Centrostephanus sp. sea urchin | |
Echinolampas deshayesi sea urchin | |
Echinus sp. Linnaeus 1758 sea urchin | |
Histocidaris prionopleura pencil urchin | |
Cidaris cf. gattungae pencil urchin
Cidaris peroni pencil urchin | |
Anthozoa | |
Anthemiphyllia sp. Pourtales 1878 stony coral | |
Madrepora sp. Linne 1758 stony coral | |
Flabellidae indet. Bourne 1905 stony coral
Javania sp. Duncan 1876 stony coral
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral
? Gardineria sp. Vaughan 1907 stony coral | |
Desmophyllum sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Trochocyathus sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Caryophyllia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral | |
Dendrophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Balanophyllia sp. Wood 1844 stony coral | |
Corallium sp. Marsigli 1766 gorgonian | |
Keratoisis sp. Wright 1869 | |
Hydrozoa | |
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Stenohelia sp. Kent 1870 lace coral | |
Demospongiae | |
Merlia sp. demosponge | |
Calcarea | |
Plectroninia sp. Hinde 1900 calcareous sponge |