Playa de Laga II, 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 74894: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.09.2007, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Pleurodendron sp., Paronastraeidae indet., Polystylidiidae indet.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Deshayesitidae
Somalites sp.
Somalites sp. Pamouktchiev 1983 ammonite
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Placophylliidae
Placophyllia curvata
Placophyllia curvata Turnsek 1974 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
"Ahrdorffia sp." = Mesomorpha, "Stylomaeandra sp." = Mesomorpha, Polyastropsis sp.
"Ahrdorffia sp." = Mesomorpha Pratz 1883 stony coral
"Stylomaeandra sp." = Mesomorpha Pratz 1883 stony coral
Polyastropsis sp. Alloiteau 1957 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
"Nudacolumastrea sp." = Haldonia
"Nudacolumastrea sp." = Haldonia Duncan 1879 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Stelidioseris sp.
Stelidioseris sp. Tomes 1893 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Latusastrea provincialis, Latusastrea decipiens, Heterosmilia sp.
Latusastrea provincialis d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Latusastrea decipiens Prever 1909 stony coral
Heterosmilia sp. Kołodziej et al. 2012 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Comoseriidae
Polyphylloseris sp.
Polyphylloseris sp. Fromentel 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Meandrophyllia sp., "Brachycoenia sp." = Brachymeandra, "Latohelia sp." = Pleurocora, Camptodocis sp.
Meandrophyllia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
"Brachycoenia sp." = Brachymeandra Alloiteau 1957 stony coral
"Latohelia sp." = Pleurocora Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Camptodocis sp. Dietrich 1926 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis fotisalensis, Calamophylliopsis compressa
Calamophylliopsis fotisalensis Bendukidze 1961 stony coral
Calamophylliopsis compressa d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Astraeofungia sp., "Fungiastraea cf. exigua" = Palaeosiderofungia exigua, Eosiderastrea sp.
Astraeofungia sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
"Fungiastraea cf. exigua" = Palaeosiderofungia exigua Reuss 1854 stony coral
Eosiderastrea sp. Löser 2016 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Carolastraeidae
Carolastraeidae indet.
Carolastraeidae indet. Eliasova 1976 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Tiarasmilia sp.
Tiarasmilia sp. Wells 1932 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Lochmaeosmilia cf. trapeziformis, Budaia travisensis
Lochmaeosmilia cf. trapeziformis Gregory 1900 stony coral
Budaia travisensis Wells 1933 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Smilotrochiidae
Plesiosmilia sp., Plesiosmilia indet.
Plesiosmilia sp. Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral
Plesiosmilia indet. Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae
Columnocoenia ksiazkiewiczi
Columnocoenia ksiazkiewiczi Morycowa 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Comoseris sp., Microsolena sp.
Comoseris sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Latiastrea sp., Thalamocaeniopsis sp.
Latiastrea sp. Beauvais 1964 stony coral
Thalamocaeniopsis sp. Alloiteau 1953 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Aulastraeoporidae
Aulastraeopora sp.
Aulastraeopora sp. Prever 1909 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
"Montlivaltoides sp." = Thecosmilia, "Complexastraea cf. seriata" = Complexastrea
"Montlivaltoides sp." = Thecosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Complexastraea cf. seriata" = Complexastrea stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Diplogyra sp.
Diplogyra sp. Eguchi 1936 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Eohydnophora sp., Eugyra pontica, Eugyra cotteaui
Eohydnophora sp. Yabe and Eguchi 1936 stony coral
Eugyra pontica stony coral
subsp. hydnophoroides
Eugyra cotteaui Fromentel 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Columastreidae
"Columastraeidae indet." = Columastreidae, Eocolumastrea sp.
"Columastraeidae indet." = Columastreidae Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
Eocolumastrea sp. Loeser and Zell 2015 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Misistellidae
Misistellidae indet.
Misistellidae indet. Eliasova 1976 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cladocoridae
Cladocoridae indet.
Cladocoridae indet. Milne-Edwards 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Solenocoeniidae
Solenocoeniidae indet.
Solenocoeniidae indet. Roniewicz 2008 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cryptocoenia sp., Holocystis sp.
Cryptocoenia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Holocystis sp. Lonsdale 1850 stony coral
 Helioporacea -
Heliopora sp.
Placoseris
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Placoseris sp.