Also known as Reef 595

Where: Murcia, Spain (37.9° N, 1.9° W: paleocoordinates 26.0° N, 6.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• Origianlly dated as latest Sinemurian-early Pliensbachian. New Sr data (Ruiz-Ortiz et al. 2004, Basin Research, 16, 235) suggest early Pliensbachian age.

•Level 9 of local section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, fine-grained, shelly/skeletal limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: recrystallized, replaced with silica

Collection methods: chemical, mechanical

Primary reference: D. Turnsek, H. Seyfried, and O.F. Geyer. 1975. Geologische und paläontologische Untersuchungen an einem Korallenvorkommen im subbetischen Unterjura von Murcia (Süd-Spanien). Razprave, Acad. Scient. et Artium Slovenica, Cl. IV 18(5):1-35 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38080: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 10.04.2004

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