Where: Spain (43.4° N, 4.4° W: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 7.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified grainstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: J. Aguirre, J. C. Braga, and D. Bassi. 2011. Taxonomic assessment of coralline algal species (Rhodophyta; Corallinales and Sporolithales) described by Pfender, Lemoine, and Miranda from northern Spain type localities. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien (113)267-289 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138288: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 09.01.2013, edited by J Fearon
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Florideophyceae | |
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Lithophyllum royoi Miranda 1935
Lithophyllum quadrangulum Lemoine 1934
Hydrolithon lemoinei Miranda 1935
Arthrocardia mengaudii Lemoine 1934 | |
"Lithothamnium cantabricum" = Lithothamnion, "Lithophyllum mengaudi" = Mesophyllum mengaudii, "Mesophyllum mengaudii" = Mesophyllum mengaudii
"Lithothamnium cantabricum" = Lithothamnion
"Lithophyllum mengaudi" = Mesophyllum mengaudii Lemoine 1934
"Mesophyllum mengaudii" = Mesophyllum mengaudii Lemoine 1934 | |
| Ulvophyceae | |
|
Halimedaceae indet. Link 1832 | |
| Chlorophyceae | |
|
Dasycladaceae indet. Kutzing 1843 | |
| Foraminifera | |
|
Nummulitidae indet. Blainville 1827 | |
| Tubothalamea | |
|
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839 | |
|
Alveolinidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839 | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Vermetidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 worm shell | |
| Bivalvia | |
|
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
| Bryozoa | |
|
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
| Malacostraca | |
|
Xanthopsis indet. M'Coy 1849 stone crab | |
"Xanthopsis dufouri" = Zanthopsis dufouri
"Xanthopsis dufouri" = Zanthopsis dufouri Milne-Edwards 1850 crab | |
| Anthozoa | |
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Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral | |
| unclassified | |
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Porifera indet. Grant 1836 | |