Can Casanyas Castellet (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Catalonia, Spain (41.3° N, 1.6° E: paleocoordinates 29.6° N, 11.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Lagneau-Herenger. 1962. Contribution a l'etude des spongiaires siliceux du Cretace inferieur. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France 95:1-252 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 111533: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.06.2011

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Taxonomic list

Hexactinellida
 Lychniscosa - Camerospongiidae
"Camerospongia asymetrica n. sp." = Camerospongia (Camerospongia) asymetrica
"Camerospongia asymetrica n. sp." = Camerospongia (Camerospongia) asymetrica Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Sporadopylidae
Xenoschrammenum fragile n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Dactylocalycidae
Exanthesis aptiensis n. sp. Herenger 1942 glass sponge
Moretiella elegans n. gen. n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae
Sarophora aptiensis n. sp., Centrosia regulata n. sp., "Cyclostigma tubulosa n. sp." = Callicylix (Cyclostigma) tubulosa
Sarophora aptiensis n. sp. Herenger 1942 glass sponge
Centrosia regulata n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
"Cyclostigma tubulosa n. sp." = Callicylix (Cyclostigma) tubulosa Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Euretidae
Linonema ramosa n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
Ramispongia micropora n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Pachyascus batalleri Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
Craticularia stellata n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
Demospongiae
 Spirosclerophorida - Jereicidae
Moretispongia micropora n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Seliscothonidae
Seliscothon phlyctioides Moret 1925 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Scleritodermatidae
Verruculina tenuis Roemer 1840 demosponge
Verruculina mamillata n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Azoricidae
Scytalia turbinata Roemer 1864 demosponge
Scytalia excavata n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Pseudocytoracea curta n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Pseudocytoracea plicata n. gen. n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Coelocorypha catalaunica n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
"Cytoracea turbinata" = Cytoracia demosponge
subsp. galloprovincialis
Chonella tenuis Roemer 1864 demosponge
Coscinostoma fragilis Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Stachyspongia spica Roemer 1864 demosponge
 Megalithistida - Carterellidae
Heloraphinia sp. Schrammen 1937 demosponge
 Megalithistida - Pleromatidae
 Tetralithistida - Pseudoverruculinidae
Pseudoverruculina globosa n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Corallistidae
Pachinion scriptum Roemer 1864 demosponge
Pycnoclonella dactyliformis n. gen. n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Pycnoclonella ramosa n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Spinocladia tubulata n. gen. n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Gilletia catalaunica n. gen. n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Plinthosellidae
Ingentilotus ostreiformis n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae
Craterella auricula Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Kalpinella pateraeformis Hinde 1884 demosponge
Phymatella intumescens Roemer 1864 demosponge
Polyierea lobata demosponge
"Thecosiphonia nobilis" = Polyierea (Thecosiphonia) demosponge
Jerea excavata Michelin 1847 demosponge
n. forma globosa
Aulaxinia sulcifera Roemer 1864 demosponge
Aulaxinia ventricosa Schrammen 1910 demosponge
"Siphonia pyriformis" = Siphonia (Siphonia) pyriformis Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Phymaraphiniidae
Phymaraphinia plana n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Polyrhipidium cristagalli Schrammen 1924 demosponge
Prokaliapsis gemina Schrammen 1924 demosponge
Lopadophorus fusiformis n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Theonellidae
Rhoptrum scytaliforme Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Discodermia stellata Moret 1925 demosponge
Discodermia catalaunica n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Eustrobilus aptiensis n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Eustrobilus callosus Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Acrochordonia stellata n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Phyllodermia coronata Courtiller 1861 demosponge
"Cladodermia pistillum" = Phyllodermia (Cladodermia) demosponge
"Cladodermia colossea" = Phyllodermia (Cladodermia) colossea Schrammen 1910 demosponge
"Cladodermia curta n. sp." = Phyllodermia (Cladodermia) curta Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Verrucodesma subconica n. gen. n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Verrucodesma cylindrata n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge