Where: Spain (40.1° N, 0.2° E: paleocoordinates 28.6° N, 8.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Benassal Formation, Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 112.0 Ma)
• The succession studied belongs to the depositional sequence K.1.9 in which precise biozones were defined with orbitolines..., El Palasiet succession
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; lithified wackestone
•a pre-existing topography or that the corals were partially overturned. The coral association is species poor, although it is the richest level of the sheetstone facies. It mainly presents species unique to this level. Stromatolites, up to 5 cm thick, are abundant and encrust the upper surfaces of the corals.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Tomás, H. Löser, and R. Salas. 2008. Low-light and nutrient-rich coral assemblages in an Upper Aptian carbonate platform of the southern Maestrat Basin (Iberian Chain, eastern Spain). Cretaceous Research 29:509-534 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt/M. Nimke]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 82689: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 31.07.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Pseudopolytremacis japonica Eguchi 1948 | |
"Actinaraeopsis sp." = Camptodocis
"Actinaraeopsis sp." = Camptodocis Dietrich 1926 stony coral | |
Ksiazkiewiczia sp. Morycowa 1976 stony coral | |
Microsolena cf. agariciformis Etallon 1859 stony coral | |
Dimorphastrea toucasi Fromentel 1886 stony coral |