Fuente Alamo, Sponge Biostrome, External Prebetic Zone, Albacete (Jurassic of Spain)

Also known as Reef 449

Where: Spain (38.7° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 30.0° N, 7.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• sponge limestone, 12 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Behmel. 1970. Beiträge zur Stratigraphie und Paläontologie des Juras von Ostspanien, V: Stratigraphie und Fazies im präbetischen Jura von Albacete und Nord-Murcia [Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Jurassic of eastern Spain, part 5: Stratigraphy and facies in the Prebetic Jurassic of Albacete and northern Murcia]. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 137:1-102 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67866: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.12.2006

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Taxonomic list

Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Nubeculinella sp. Cushman 1930
Hexactinellida
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Craticularia sp. Zittel 1877 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Sporadopylidae
"Amphiblestrum sp." = Xenoschrammenum
"Amphiblestrum sp." = Xenoschrammenum de Laubenfels 1955 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Pachyteichismatidae
Trochobolus sp. Zittel 1877 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Discophyma sp. Oppliger 1915 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
"Tremadictyon sp." = Cribrospongia, "Tremadictyon reticulatum" = Cribrospongia reticulata
"Tremadictyon sp." = Cribrospongia d'Orbigny 1849 glass sponge
"Tremadictyon reticulatum" = Cribrospongia reticulata Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Staurodermatidae
Stauroderma sp. Zittel 1877 glass sponge
 Lyssacinosa - Stauractinellidae
Stauractinella jurassica Zittel 1877 glass sponge
Demospongiae
 Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae
Jerea sp. Lamouroux 1821 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Cnemidiastridae
Cnemidiastrum sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
Anthozoa
  -
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
 Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
"Lacunosella arolica" = Lacunosella (Lacunosella) arolica Oppel 1865
Lacunosella lacunosa Schlotheim 1813
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
"Terebratula subsella" = Xestosina subsella
"Terebratula subsella" = Xestosina subsella Leymerie 1846
 Terebratulida - Trigonithyrididae
Trigonithyris sp. Muir-Wood 1935
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Bihenithyris sp. Muir-Wood 1935
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula sp. Müller 1776
 Terebratulida - Nucleatidae
Nucleata nucleata Schlotheim 1820
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoma sp. Cossmann 1907 nut clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima (Plagiostoma) aciculata" = Plagiostoma, Ctenostreon sp.
"Lima (Plagiostoma) aciculata" = Plagiostoma file clam
Ctenostreon sp. Eichwald 1862 file clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis sp. Morris and Lycett 1853 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Aequipecten sp. Fischer 1886 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya acuminata Hartmann 1830 clam
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Euaspidoceras cf. oegir Oppel 1863 ammonite
"Aspidoceras (Physodoceras) sp." = Physodoceras Hyatt 1900 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Aulacostephanidae
Microbiplices microbiplex Quenstedt 1887 ammonite
"Decipia sp." = Ringsteadia (Decipia) ammonite
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
"Perisphinctes (Divisosphinctes) grossouvrei" = Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) grossouvrei Siemiradzki 1898 ammonite
Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) sp. Buckman 1924 ammonite
"Perisphinctes (Otosphinctes) pulvinus" = Otosphinctes ammonite
"Perisphinctes (Otosphinctes) sp." = Otosphinctes Buckman 1926 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
 Belemnitida - Belemnitidae
Belemnites sp. belemnite
Hibolites hastatus Montfort 1808 belemnite
 Nautilida - Paracenoceratidae
Paracenoceras sp. Spath 1927 nautiloid
 Nautilida - Pseudonautilidae
Pseudaganides sp. Spath 1927 nautiloid
Crinoidea
 Millericrinida - Millericrinidae
Millericrinus sp. d'Orbigny 1840 Sea lily
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida -
Plegiocidaris sp. Pomel 1883 pencil urchin
Plegiocidaris coronata Schlotheim 1820 pencil urchin
 Irregularia - Disasteridae
Cardiolampas sp. sea urchin