Sierra de Cazorla (RGCHSP), sponge-microbial buildups, Andalucia (Jurassic to of Spain)

Also known as Reef 3486

Where: Spain (37.9° N, 2.9° W: paleocoordinates 29.9° N, 5.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Oxfordian to Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• Transversarium-Bifurcatus Zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• sponge-microbialites buildups, up to 3.5 m thick and 10 m in diameter, with sponge bioherms in the lower part and microbial buildups in the thicker upper part; intercalated in spongiolithic limestone and marl-limestone rhythmites

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: F. Oloriz, M. Reolid, and F. J. Rodriguez-Tovar. 2003. A Late Jurassic carbonate ramp colonized by sponges and benthic microbial communities (External Prebetic, Southern Spain). Palaios 18:528-545 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68306: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.01.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Subdelloidina sp., "Stromatolite" indet., "Thrombolite" indet.
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Plagioeciidae
Plagioecia sp.
Plagioecia sp. Canu 1918
 Cyclostomata - Diastoporidae
Berenicea sp.
Berenicea sp. Lamouroux 1821
 Cyclostomata - Cavidae
Ceriocava corymbosa
Ceriocava corymbosa Lamoureux 1821
Polychaeta
 Terebellomorpha -
Terebella lapilloides
 Serpulimorpha -
Tetraserpula sp., Cycloserpula sp.
Tetraserpula sp. Parsch 1956
Cycloserpula sp. Parsch 1956
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Pentaserpula sp., Dorsoserpula sp.
Pentaserpula sp. Parsch 1956
Dorsoserpula sp. Parsch 1956
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet.
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral
Hexactinellida
 Hexasterophora -
Hexactinosa indet.
Hexactinosa indet. Schrammen 1903 glass sponge
Nodosariata
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Bullopora tuberculata
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Nubeculinella sp.
Nubeculinella sp. Cushman 1930
Foraminifera
 Ammodiscoidea - Saccamminidae
Thurammina sp.
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Tolypammina sp.
Tolypammina sp. Rhumbler 1895
Wetheredellidae
  - Wetheredellidae
Koskinobullina socialis
Koskinobullina socialis Cherchi and Schroeder 1979
Tubiphytes morronensis
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"Tubiphytes morronensis" = Crescentiella morronensis
"Tubiphytes morronensis" = Crescentiella morronensis Crescenti 1969