Also known as Reef 1996
Where: Spain (39.8° N, 2.6° E: paleocoordinates 40.6° N, 0.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Sant Elm Formation, Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. Esteban, J. C. Braga, J. Martin and C. Santisteban. 1996. Western mediterranean reef complexes. SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 5:55-72 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 69928: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816 | |
Anthozoa | |
"? Ellasmoastraea sp." = Favites, Tarbellastraea aquitaniensis
"? Ellasmoastraea sp." = Favites Link 1807 stony coral
Tarbellastraea aquitaniensis Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |
Heliastrea sp. Milne Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
Heliastrea asteroides stony coral
Heliastrea mellanica stony coral
Heliastrea deformis Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |
Agaricia batalleri Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |
"Thegioastraea diversiformis" = Diploastrea diversiformis, "Thegioastraea miocenica" = Diploastrea miocenica, "Thegioastraea burdigalensis" = Diploastrea burdigalensis
"Thegioastraea diversiformis" = Diploastrea diversiformis Michelin 1842 stony coral
"Thegioastraea miocenica" = Diploastrea miocenica Michelotti 1871 stony coral
"Thegioastraea burdigalensis" = Diploastrea burdigalensis Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |
Stylophora raristella Defrance 1826 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail |