Almeria-Nijar Basin, coral banks (Pliocene of Spain)

Also known as Reef 2470

Where: Spain (36.9° N, 2.3° W: paleocoordinates 36.9° N, 2.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• coral banks, up to 4 m thick and 1 km long, on debris-flow conglomerates

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Aguirre and A. P. Jimenez. 1998. Fossil analogues of present-day Cladocora caespitosa coral banks: sedimentary setting, dwelling community, and taphonomy (Late Pliocene, W Mediterranean). Coral Reefs 17:203-213 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 71144: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.04.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cladocora caespitosa Linne 1767 stony coral
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritellidae indet. Lovén 1847 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Vermetidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 worm shell
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara sp. Gray 1847 ark
Acar sp. Gray 1857 miniature ark
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea edulis" = Ostrea edulis, "Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis
"Ostrea edulis" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Tapes sp. Mühlfeld 1811 venus clam
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle
 Carditida - Carditidae
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanidae indet. Leach 1817 barnacle