Sant Onofre, Baix Ebre Basin, basal detritalmarine unit (Pliocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (40.8° N, 0.6° E: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 0.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; calcareous gravel and massive sandstone

• calcareous gravel and massive sandstone. Lithofacies and fossils are indicative

•of littoral conditions.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. Aguirre, Z. Belaústegui, R. Domènechb, J. M. Gibert, and J. Martinell. 2014. Snapshot of a lower Pliocene Dendropoma reef from Sant Onofre (Baix Ebre Basin, Tarragona, NE Spain). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 395:9-20 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/S. Ávila]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153717: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.01.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanidae indet.
Balanidae indet. Leach 1817 barnacle
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Hinnites sp.
Hinnites sp. Defrance 1821 scallop
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Entobia sp.
Entobia sp. demosponge
 Ichnofossils -
Maeandropolydora sp., Gastrochaenolites sp., Caulostrepsis sp.
Gastrochaenolites sp. Leymerie 1842
Caulostrepsis sp. Clarke 1908