Biormaiza and Lizarraga, Pyrenean Basin, Navarra (Paleocene of Spain)

Also known as Reef 696

Where: Spain (42.9° N, 2.0° W: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 2.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• Upper Danian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks and lithified floatstone

• floatstones and bindstones dominate the lower part; bafflestones, rudstones, bindstones and locally framestones are typical in the middle and upper part of the Lizarraga reef complex

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: J. I. Baceta, V. Pujalte, and G. Bernaola. 2005. Paleocene coralgal reefs of the western Pyrenean basin, northern Spain: New evidence supporting an earliest Paleogene recovery of reefal ecosystems. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 224:117-143 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68902: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.02.2007, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
 Planorbulinacea - Planorbulinidae
Planorbulinella sp. Cushman 1927
 Rotaliacea - Pellatispiridae
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Rotalia sp. Lamarck 1804
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Pycnoporidium sp. Yabe and Toyama 1928
[entered as Picnoporidium sp.]
Elianella elegans Pfender and Basse 1947
Florideophyceae
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Peyssonnelia sp. Decaisne 1841
Polystrata alba Pfender 1936
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Uteria sp. Michelin 1847
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Broeckella sp. Munier-Chalmas 1922
Cymopolia sp. Lamouroux 1816
Anthozoa
 Helioporacea -
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis reussi Oppenheim 1930 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
"Rhabdophylliopsis alloiteaui" = Sideroseris
"Rhabdophylliopsis alloiteaui" = Sideroseris stony coral
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Oculina sp. Gray 1847 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Antiguastrea sp. Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Cladocora sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
Agathiphyllia sp. Reuss 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Mesomorpha sp. Pratz 1883 stony coral
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
unclassified
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