Binacua, Bartonian Corals, Belsué-Atarés fm, Pyrenees (Eocene of Spain)

Where: Aragón, Spain (42.5° N, 0.7° W: paleocoordinates 40.7° N, 3.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Belsué-Atarés Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• Jaca Basin

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; marl

• Marl with Sandstone beds

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Preparation: using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)

Primary reference: A. Altuna, G. Álvarez-Pérez, P. Busquets and V. Etayo. 2007. Five new species of Bartonian (Eocene) corals: Jaca Basin, Pyrenees, Spain. In B. Hubann, W. E. Piller (eds.), Fossil Corals and Sponges: Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera, Graz 2003 17:435-453 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78649: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 13.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

Hydrozoa
 Milleporina -
Millepora subpirenaica n. sp. Altuna et al. 2007 fire coral
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Alveopora atarensis n. sp. Altuna et al. 2007 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora binacuaensis n. sp. Altuna et al. 2007 stony coral