St. Corneli, Tremp Area, Areny Sandstone, Cataluna (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Cataluña, Spain (42.2° N, 0.9° E: paleocoordinates 34.2° N, 0.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Arén Formation), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified marl

• from deep marine to neritic and littoral
• silty to fine sandy marls alternating with lenticular sandy marls

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Gallemi, R. Martinez, and J. M. Pons. 1983. Coniacian-Maastrichtian of the Tremp Area (South Central Pyrenees). Newsletters on Stratigraphy 12(1):1-17 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67004: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.11.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Fauna includes benthonic foraminifera, bryozoans, corals, lamellibranchs and gastropods.
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Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
"Stereocidaris ramondi" = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris), "Stereocidaris sp." = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris)
"Stereocidaris ramondi" = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) pencil urchin
"Stereocidaris sp." = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) Pomel 1883 pencil urchin
 Salenioida - Saleniidae
Salenia cf. geometrica
 Calycina - Phymosomatidae
Phymosoma hexaporum, Phymosoma sp.
Phymosoma sp. Haime 1853 sea urchin
 Euechinoidea - Orthopsidae
Orthopsis miliaris
Orthopsis miliaris d'Archiac 1835 sea urchin
 Echinoneoida - Conulidae
Conulus gigas
Conulus gigas sea urchin
 Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
"Rhynchopygus sp." = Cassidulus (Rhynchopygus)
"Rhynchopygus sp." = Cassidulus (Rhynchopygus) d'Orbigny 1856 sea urchin
 Holectypoida - Holectypidae
Coenholectypus proximus
 Holectypoida -
Echinogalerus belgicus
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Hemipneustes sp., "Hemipneustes leymeriei" = Hemipneustes striatoradiatus, Hemipneustes pyrenaicus, Echinocorys sp., Holaster sp., Offaster dallonii, Offaster aff. senonensis
Hemipneustes sp. sea urchin
"Hemipneustes leymeriei" = Hemipneustes striatoradiatus Leske 1778 sea urchin
Hemipneustes pyrenaicus Hebert 1875 sea urchin
Echinocorys sp. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Holaster sp. Agassiz 1836 sea urchin
Offaster dallonii sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster ex gr. prunella
Hemiaster ex gr. prunella Lamarck 1816 heart urchin
 Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Goniopygus sp., Codiopsis sp.
Goniopygus sp. Agassiz 1838 sea urchin
Codiopsis sp. sea urchin
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites anceps
Baculites anceps Lamarck 1822 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
"Scaphites constrictus" = Hoploscaphites constrictus
"Scaphites constrictus" = Hoploscaphites constrictus Sowerby 1817 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Pachydiscus gollevillensis, Pachydiscus ex gr. colligatus
Pachydiscus gollevillensis d'Orbigny 1847 ammonite
Pachydiscus ex gr. colligatus Binkhorst 1861 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Hippuritella lapeirousei
Hippuritella lapeirousei Goldfuss 1840 rudist