Casa Alta: Aptian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Nucleolitidae
Phyllobrissus kiliani
Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Holaster aptiensis
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Toxaster collegnoi
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hoplitidae
Hoplites (Desayesites) desayesi
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Microdomatidae
Turbo minutus Brown 1839
synonym of Tunstallia helicina
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium verneuilli
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica laevigata
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus aequalus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula placunea Lamarck 1819
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea conica Stoppani 1865
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca carinata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium cottaldinum
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopaea nana
corrected as Panopea
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Corbis corrugata
replaced by Fimbria
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte elongata
Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Craticularia stellata Lagneau-Herenger 1962
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Catalonia
Coordinates: 41.3° North, 1.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.6° North, 11.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Aptian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 3
Key time interval:Aptian
Age range of interval:121.40000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified calcareous sandstone
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:111535
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-06-24 23:59:20 Last modified:2011-06-24 09:59:20
Access level:the public Released:2011-06-24 23:59:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
36504. 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]