Puerto Llano section (Cretaceous of Spain)

Also known as Reef 4342

Where: Spain (37.9° N, 2.9° W: paleocoordinates 29.6° N, 5.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: upper Member (Sierra del Pozo Formation), Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• bioclastic calcarenites and reefal limestones. The microfacies of the bioclastic calcarenites are packstones to grainstones with peloids, ooids, oncoids, benthic foraminifera, algae, bacinelloid microbial structures.
• coral reef

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: H. Löser, L. M. Nieto, J. M. Castro and M. Reolid. 2021. A Lower Valanginian coral fauna from the South Iberian Palaeomargin (Internal Prebetic, SE Spain). Palaeontologia Electronica 24(1) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 220703: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 13.06.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Aulastraeoporidae
Eopreverastrea llanoensis n. sp. Löser et al. 2021 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Dimorphocoenia multitabulata Morycowa 1971 stony coral
Clausastrea bolzei Alloiteau 1960 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Stylina ? lamellosa" = Heliocoenia lamellosa Trautschold 1886 stony coral
"Alloiteaucoenia bernardina" = Heliocoenia stony coral
Bilaterocoenia sp. Morycowa 1974 stony coral
Stylina "sp. 1" Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Stylina "sp. 2" Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Stylina "sp. 3" Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Stylina "sp. 4" Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Stylina arborea d'Achiardi 1880 stony coral
Stylina digitiformis Achiardi 1880 stony coral
Stylina inflata Fromentel 1856 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cryptocoenia neocomiensis d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Confusaforma prima n. sp. Löser et al. 2021 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Thalamocaeniopsis explanata Oriol 1994 stony coral
Latomeandra isseli Prever 1909 stony coral
Periseris frondescens d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Periseris elegantula d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Periseris crassisepta Sikharulidze 1985 stony coral
Latiastrea sp. Beauvais 1964 stony coral
Latiastrea somaensis Eguchi 1951 stony coral
Latiastrea canavarii Prever 1909 stony coral
Ovalastrea caryophylloides Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Eocomoseris "sp. 1" Melnikova et al. 1993 stony coral
Eocomoseris "sp. 2" Melnikova et al. 1993 stony coral
Eocomoseris "sp. 3" Melnikova et al. 1993 stony coral
Eocomoseris "sp. 4" Melnikova et al. 1993 stony coral
Microsolena "sp. 1" Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Microsolena "sp. 2" Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Microsolena interjecta Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Carolastraeidae
Comalia fasciculata Wells 1932 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Hykeliphyllum sp. Eliasova 1975 stony coral
Amphiastrea sp. Etallon 1859 stony coral
Amphiastrea basaltiformis Etallon 1859 stony coral
Amphiastrea cf. basaltiformis Etallon 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae
"Miscellosmilia sp." = Axosmilia
"Miscellosmilia sp." = Axosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Floriastrea iberica Löser et al. 2021 stony coral
Stelidioseris sp. Tomes 1893 stony coral
Stelidioseris ? sp. Tomes 1893 stony coral
Stelidioseris melkarthi Felix 1909 stony coral
Holocoenia cf. micrantha Roemer 1841 stony coral
Actinastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Rhipidogyra sp., "Placogyra cf. hykeli" = Psammogyra hykeli
Rhipidogyra sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Placogyra cf. hykeli" = Psammogyra hykeli Eliasova 1973 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
"Astraeofungia tenochi" = Lamellofungia tenochi
"Astraeofungia tenochi" = Lamellofungia tenochi Felix 1891 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Meandraraea miyakoensis Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Astraeofungia diversisepta Hackemesser 1936 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Solenocoeniidae
Solenocoenia gracilis Roniewicz 1976 stony coral
Placoseris
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Placoseris poculum Fromentel 1857