Las Mingachas (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Spain (40.6° N, 0.7° W: paleocoordinates 30.2° N, 9.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Dufrenoyia furcata ammonoid zone, Villarroya de los Pinares Formation, Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)

• late Early 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 132376: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
"Eohydnophora picteti" = Eugyra (Felixigyra) picteti
"Eohydnophora picteti" = Eugyra (Felixigyra) picteti Koby 1897 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Camptodocis cf. tottoni
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Thalamocaeniopsis sp., "Thalamocaeniopsis ouenzensis" = Thalamocaeniopsis stricta
Thalamocaeniopsis sp. Alloiteau 1953 stony coral
"Thalamocaeniopsis ouenzensis" = Thalamocaeniopsis stricta Eichwald 1865 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Comoseriidae
Polyphylloseris cf. kobyi