Where: Spain (41.9° N, 2.3° E: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 1.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Vic Marls Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• second Bartonian cycle, transgressive phase; exact stratigraphical position unknown
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: specimens from the Museu Geologic del Seminari, Barcelona (MGSB)
Primary reference: A. Pisera and P. Busquets. 2002. Eocene siliceous sponges from the Ebro Basin (Catalonia, Spain). GĂ©obios 35(3):321-346 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 61248: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.06.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida | |
Brachiolites munterensis glass sponge | |
Eurete clava n. sp.
Eurete clava n. sp. glass sponge |