Barranco de la Canal (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Spain (40.6° N, 0.7° W: paleocoordinates 29.4° N, 8.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Epicheloniceras martini ammonoid zone, Benassal Formation, Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)

• early Late Aptian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified marl and lithified limestone

• slope within the photic zone but below the storm wave-base

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Bover-Arnal, H. Löser, J. A. Moreno-Bedmar, R. Salas, and A. Strasser. 2012. Corals on the slope (Aptian, Maestrat Basin, Spain). Cretaceous Research 37:43-64 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132351: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
"Thalamocaeniopsis ouenzensis" = Thalamocaeniopsis stricta
"Thalamocaeniopsis ouenzensis" = Thalamocaeniopsis stricta Eichwald 1865 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Isastreidae
"Actinastraeopsis catalaunica" = Tricassastraea
"Actinastraeopsis catalaunica" = Tricassastraea stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Complexastrea sp.
Complexastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Mesomorpha cf. mammillata
Mesomorpha cf. mammillata Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Stelidioseris actinastrae