Solana del Sopalmo, lower sequence (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Spain (38.4° N, 1.3° W: paleocoordinates 28.5° N, 8.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)

• Lower Bedoulian

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; packstone

• The lower sequence (20 m thick) starts with coastal clastics followed by packstones with orbitolinids and is capped by packstones containing echinoids and foraminiferids.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: E. Morycowa, J. P. Masse, C. Arias and L. Vilas. 2001. Montlivaltia multiformis Toula (Scleractinia) from the Aptian of the Prebetic Domain (SE Spain). Revista Espanola de Paleontologia 16(1):131-144 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 145182: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 28.05.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Praedorothia
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Praedorothia sp.
Praedorothia sp. Desai and Banner 1987
Foraminifera
 Orbitolinacea - Orbitolinidae
Palorbitolina cf. lenticularis
 Loftusiacea - Cyclamminidae
Choffatella decipiens
Choffatella decipiens Schlumberger 1905
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp.
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Caprinidae
Offneria sp.
Offneria sp. Paquier 1905 rudist
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia multiformis
Montlivaltia multiformis Toula 1889 stony coral