Papiol, Penedes Valley, Catalonia (Miocene to of Spain)

Also known as Reef 1999

Where: Spain (41.4° N, 2.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.6° N, 0.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• coral bioherm, 5-20 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. P. Chevalier. 1961. Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale [Miocene corals and reefs from the western Mediterranean]. Memoires de la Societe geologique de France 93:1-562 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70411: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.03.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
? Lithophyllia sp.
? Lithophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites sp., Tarbellastraea sp., Tarbellastraea reussiana
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral
Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Solenastrea sp., "Palaeoplesiastraea cf. romettensis" = Solenastrea romettensis, Favia cf. corollaris
Solenastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Palaeoplesiastraea cf. romettensis" = Solenastrea romettensis Seguenza 1864 stony coral
Favia cf. corollaris Reuss 1871 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Heliastrea oligophylla, Heliastrea cf. oligophylla, Heliastrea mellahica
Heliastrea oligophylla Reuss 1871 stony coral
Heliastrea cf. oligophylla Reuss 1871 stony coral
var. major
Heliastrea mellahica Gregory 1906 stony coral
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet.
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp.
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea crassissima
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten sp.
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Lithothamnion sp.
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897