Mas de Artis (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 111534: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.06.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Hexactinellida
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Pachyascus batalleri n. sp.
Pachyascus batalleri n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
Demospongiae
 Spirosclerophorida - Azoricidae
Coelosphaeroma appendiculata, Pseudocytoracea curta
Coelosphaeroma appendiculata Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Pseudocytoracea curta Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Cnemidiastridae
"Lithostrobilus reticulatus n. sp." = Cnemidiastrum reticulatus
"Lithostrobilus reticulatus n. sp." = Cnemidiastrum reticulatus Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Scleritodermatidae
Verruculina seriatopora
Verruculina seriatopora Roemer 1841 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Seliscothonidae
Seliscothon azoricoides
Seliscothon azoricoides Moret 1925 demosponge
 Megalithistida - Pleromatidae
Heterostinia obliqua
 Tetralithistida - Plinthosellidae
Plinthosella punctata n. sp.
Plinthosella punctata n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae
Jerea excavata, Jerea striata n. sp., Aulaxinia ventricosa, Callopegma plana n. sp., Siphonia koenigi, "Siphonia pyriformis" = Siphonia (Siphonia) pyriformis, Turonia cerebriformis, Kalpinella pateraeformis, Kalpinella rugosa, Phymatella intumescens, Craterella auricula
Jerea excavata Michelin 1847 demosponge
subsp. globosa
Jerea striata n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Aulaxinia ventricosa Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Callopegma plana n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Siphonia koenigi demosponge
"Siphonia pyriformis" = Siphonia (Siphonia) pyriformis Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
and subsp. micropora, tulipa
Turonia cerebriformis Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Kalpinella pateraeformis Hinde 1884 demosponge
Kalpinella rugosa Hinde 1884 demosponge
Phymatella intumescens Roemer 1864 demosponge
Craterella auricula Schrammen 1910 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Chenendoporidae
Microcladina aptiensis n. gen. n. sp.
Microcladina aptiensis n. gen. n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Theonellidae
Eustrobilus aptiensis, Eustrobilus callosus, Phyllodermia coronata, Phyllodermia punctata n. sp., "Cladodermia pistillum" = Phyllodermia (Cladodermia), Verrucodesma cylindrata, Phymaplectia irregularis
Eustrobilus aptiensis Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Eustrobilus callosus Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Phyllodermia coronata Courtiller 1861 demosponge
and subsp. obliqua
Phyllodermia punctata n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
"Cladodermia pistillum" = Phyllodermia (Cladodermia) demosponge
Verrucodesma cylindrata Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
and subsp. nodosa
Phymaplectia irregularis Hinde 1883 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Phymaraphiniidae
Lopadophorus globosus n. sp., Lopadophorus fusiformis
Lopadophorus globosus n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
and subsp. mamillatus
Lopadophorus fusiformis Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge