Also known as Reef 406
Where: Spain (42.2° N, 2.6° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 8.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone and lithified bafflestone
•Well developed vertical and lateral succession (laminar-flat corals at base, followed by branching morphologies, followed by massive ones).
•Others organisms are algae, sponges, serpulida and bryozoa.
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section,
• Corals mostly from reefal limestones, some from intercalated marls
Primary reference: C. Errenst. 1990. Das korallenführende Kimmeridgium der nordwestliche Iberischen Ketten und angrenzender Gebiete (Fazies, Paläogeographie und Beschreibung der Korallenfauna), Teil 1. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 214:121-207 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34624: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 12.09.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chlorophyceae | |
Halicoryne sp.2 Harvey 1859 | |
Campbelliella striata2 Bernier 1974 | |
Rhodophyceae | |
Solenopora jurassica2 Brown 1894 | |
Anthozoa | |
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Solenocoenia sexradiata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Solenocoenia semiradiata Etallon 1864 stony coral | |
Isastrea sp., Isastrea crassa, Isastrea helianthoides, Clausastrea parva, Clausastrea cf. parva, Thecosmilia sp., ? Thecosmilia ? langi, Thecosmilia longimana, Montlivaltia "sp. C", Montlivaltia "sp. D", Montlivaltia sp.
Isastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Isastrea crassa Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Isastrea helianthoides Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Clausastrea parva Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
Clausastrea cf. parva Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
Thecosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
? Thecosmilia ? langi Koby 1884 stony coral
Thecosmilia longimana Quenstedt 1881 stony coral
Montlivaltia "sp. C" Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Montlivaltia "sp. D" Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral | |
Stephanastrea jurassica Roniewicz 1976 stony coral | |
Cyathophora bourgueti Defrance 1826 stony coral
Pseudocoenia sp. d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral | |
Heliocoenia sp., Heliocoenia variabilis, Enallhelia sp., Stylosmilia sp., Stylosmilia corallina, "? Placophyllia ? tenuis" = Stylosmilia tenuis, Stylosmilia michelini, Stylina parcicosta, Stylina tubulifera, "Pseudocoenia limbata" = Adelocoenia limbata, "Pseudocoenia splendens" = Adelocoenia splendens
Heliocoenia sp. Etallon 1859 stony coral
Heliocoenia variabilis Etallon 1859 stony coral
Enallhelia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Stylosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Stylosmilia corallina Koby 1881 stony coral
"? Placophyllia ? tenuis" = Stylosmilia tenuis Roniewicz 1976 stony coral
Stylosmilia michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Stylina parcicosta Koby 1905 stony coral
Stylina tubulifera Phillips 1829 stony coral
"Pseudocoenia limbata" = Adelocoenia limbata Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
"Pseudocoenia splendens" = Adelocoenia splendens de Fromentel 1861 stony coral | |
"Schizosmilia rollieri" = Cladophyllia rollieri
"Schizosmilia rollieri" = Cladophyllia rollieri Koby 1888 stony coral | |
"Calamophylliopsis stokesi" = Calamophylliopsis stockesi, Calamophylliopsis flabellum, Dermosmilia laxata
"Calamophylliopsis stokesi" = Calamophylliopsis stockesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Calamophylliopsis flabellum de Blainville 1830 stony coral
Dermosmilia laxata Etallon 1864 stony coral | |
Meandraraea gresslyi1, "Meandrophyllia edwardsi" = Meandrophyllia corrugata1, Actinaraea sp.1, ? Actinaraea ? granulata1
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? Dermoseris sp.1, Comoseris baltovensis1, Comoseris interrupta1, Microsolena sp.1, Microsolena tuberosa1, Microsolena ? agariciformis1, Microsolena thurmanni1
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Pleurophyllia minuscula Roniewicz 1976 stony coral | |
Cyanophyceae | |
Cayeuxia moldavica2 Frollo 1938 | |
Wetheredellidae | |
Koskinobullina socialis2 Cherchi and Schroeder 1979 |