First rudist assemblage, 3 (Cretaceous to of Spain)

Where: Spain (41.4° N, 3.0° W: paleocoordinates 29.9° N, 0.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Picofrentes Formation, Cenomanian to Cenomanian (100.5 - 89.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; nodular marl

• "The succession starts with outer platform facies composed of nodular marlstones"
• "The succession starts with outer platform facies composed of nodular marlstones"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Gil, J. M. Pons, E. Vicens, J. García-Hidalgo, and M. Segura. 2024. The Turonian–Campanian rudist bivalve succession in the Central Iberian Basin. Cretaceous Research 157:105815 [W. Kiessling/A. Watson/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 234635: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Alissa Watson on 26.04.2024

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Taxonomic list

• "rich in ammonites, echinoderms, bivalves, and gastropods"
Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
"Durania arnaudi" = Durania cornupastoris
"Durania arnaudi" = Durania cornupastoris Des Moulins 1826 rudist