Where: Spain (37.9° N, 1.6° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 4.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: El Bosque Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• The upper part of the section can extend to the early Chattian.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; packstone and rudstone
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: J. C. Braga and D. Bassi. 2011. Facies and coralline algae from Oligocene limestones in the Malaguide Complex (SE Spain). Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, Serie A (113)291-308 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 147599: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.07.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Florideophyceae | |
Mesophyllum sp., Mesophyllum obsitum, Melobesioideae "sp. A", Melobesioideae "sp. B", Melobesioideae indet., Lithothamnion peleense, Lithothamnion bourcartii, Lithothamnion roveretoi
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
Lithothamnion bourcartii Lemoine 1924
Lithothamnion roveretoi Airoldi 1970 | |
Spongites "sp. A", Spongites "sp. B", Spongites "sp. C", Spongites "sp. D", Spongites personatus, Neogoniolithon raripunctatum, Neogoniolithon contii, Polystrata sp., Lithoporella sp., Karpathia sp.
Spongites "sp. A" Kützing 1841
Spongites "sp. B" Kützing 1841
Spongites "sp. C" Kützing 1841
Spongites "sp. D" Kützing 1841
Spongites personatus Airoldi 1932
Neogoniolithon contii Mastrorilli 1967
Polystrata sp. Pfender 1936
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Karpathia sp. Maslov 1962 | |
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Sporolithon "sp. B" Rothpletz 1891
Sporolithon "sp. A" Rothpletz 1891 | |