Also known as Reef 3073
Where: Lebanon (33.9° N, 35.7° E: paleocoordinates 11.0° N, 31.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Falaise de Bikfaya Formation, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)
• Lower Tithonian to lower middle Tithonian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified rudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
• Taxonomic list for corals based on Felix (1904)
Primary reference: C. Toland. 2000. A sequence stratigraphic reference section for the Tithonian of Lebanon. Middle East models of Jurassic/Cretaceous carbonate systems. SEPM, Special Publication 69:53-64 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34869: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 09.10.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Rhodophyceae | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Salpingoporella annulata Carozzi 1954 | |
Terquemella sp. Morellet and Morellet 1913 | |
Lithocodium aggregatum | |
Lithocodium aggregatum Elliott 1956 | |
Demospongiae | |
Parastromatopora libani demosponge
Shuqraia zuffardi demosponge | |
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Burgundia trinorchii Dehorne 1916 demosponge | |
Anthozoa | |
Stylina girodi Etallon 1864 stony coral
Stylina bullosa Blanckenhorn 1890 stony coral | |
""Metastraea" cf. delmontana" = Favites
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"Actinarea sponginoides" = Actinaraea
"Actinarea sponginoides" = Actinaraea stony coral | |
"Baryhelia hexaconena" = Heterocoenia
"Baryhelia hexaconena" = Heterocoenia stony coral | |
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Diplocoenia punica stony coral | |
"Stephanocoenia pentagonalis" = Actinastrea pentagonalis, "Stephanocoenia trochiformis" = Actinastrea trochiformis
"Stephanocoenia pentagonalis" = Actinastrea pentagonalis Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
"Stephanocoenia trochiformis" = Actinastrea trochiformis Michelin 1843 stony coral | |
Stephanocoenia helmopotis stony coral | |
"Latimaeandra sulcata" = Microphyllia sulcata de Fromentel 1861 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea cf. expansa" = Deltoideum (Deltoideum) delta
"Ostrea cf. expansa" = Deltoideum (Deltoideum) delta Smith 1817 oyster | |
Ostrea matronensis oyster | |
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"Cardium" corallium cockle | |
Gastropoda | |
Nerinella cf. elatior snail | |
Nerinea salinensis snail
Nerinea sesostris snail | |
Ampullina vautrini snail | |
Harpagodes oceani Brongniart 1821 snail | |
Nerita littoralis snail | |
Echinoidea | |
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