Where: Spain (42.9° N, 2.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 34.3° N, 11.1° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: La Barranca Member (El Zadorra Formation), Late/Upper Coniacian (89.8 - 85.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. Gallemi, G. Lopez, R. Martinez and J. M. Pons. 2007. Macrofauna of the Cantera de Margas section, Olazagutia: Coniacian/Santonian boundary, Navarro-Cantabrian Basin, northern Spain. Cretaceous Research 28:5-17 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 74376: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.08.2007
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Offaster nuciformis sea urchin | |
"Hemiaster (Bolbaster) aff. punctatus" = Hemiaster stella
"Hemiaster (Bolbaster) aff. punctatus" = Hemiaster stella Morton 1830 heart urchin | |
Micraster brevis heart urchin |