San Justi (Paleocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (42.7° N, 2.5° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 3.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; poorly lithified limestone

• Gives the impression of a perireefal accumulation, but could also be a platform facies with corals that didn't build proper reef edifices

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J.C. Plaziat

Primary reference: D. Pajaud and J. C. Plaziat. 1972. Brachiopodes thanétiens du synclinal sud-cantabrique au S-E de Vitoria (Pays basque espagnol). Étude systématique et interprétation paléoéecologique. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 108:446-473 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 171727: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 17.07.2015, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Thecideida - Thecideidae
 Thecideida - Thecidellinidae
"Thecidellina cf. dragonensis" = Minutella dragonensis
"Thecidellina cf. dragonensis" = Minutella dragonensis Pajaud 1970
 Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Megathiris sp. d'Orbigny 1847
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
"Terebratula" liusa n. sp. Pajaud 1972