Cal Cassanyes (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Spain (41.3° N, 1.7° E: paleocoordinates 29.8° N, 12.1° E)

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

Environment/lithology: marine; marl and limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Á Ósso, B. W. M. Bakel, P. Artal, J. A. Moreno-Bedmar, F. Sanchez-Beristain, and T. Bover-Arnal. 2023. An Aptian sponge-associated decapod crustacean assemblage from Cal Cassanyes (Catalonia, north-east Iberian Peninsula): Taxonomy and palaeoecological implications. Cretaceous Research 154(105750):1-32 [M. Clapham/A. Dalal]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 235335: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Anya Dalal on 28.06.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Nephropidae
Hoploparia sp. Karasawa 1998 clawed lobster
 Decapoda -
Mesodromilites prietoi Ósso et al. 2023 crab
 Decapoda - Longodromitidae
Garrafosopon angustus Ósso et al. 2023 crab
 Decapoda - Goniodromitidae
Distefania incerta Bell 1863 crab
Eodromites sp. Patrulius 1959 crab
Goniodromites laevis Via Boada 1981 crab
 Decapoda - Telamonocarcinidae
Iberodorippe vinea Ósso et al. 2023 crab
 Decapoda - Necrocarcinidae
Necrocarcinus mariae Ósso et al. 2023 crab
 Decapoda - Paranecrocarcinidae
? Paranecrocarcinus sp. van Straelen 1936 crab
? Pseudonecrocarcinus sp. Forster 1968 crab
 Decapoda - Viaiidae
Vectis blesai Ósso et al. 2023 crab
 Decapoda - Etyidae
Etyxanthosia fossa Wright and Collins 1972 crab
 Decapoda - Paguridae
? Pagurus garrafensis Ósso et al. 2023 hermit crab