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
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Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca | |
Hoploparia sp. Karasawa 1998 clawed lobster | |
Mesodromilites prietoi Ósso et al. 2023 crab | |
Garrafosopon angustus Ósso et al. 2023 crab | |
Distefania incerta Bell 1863 crab
Eodromites sp. Patrulius 1959 crab
Goniodromites laevis Via Boada 1981 crab | |
Iberodorippe vinea Ósso et al. 2023 crab | |
Necrocarcinus mariae Ósso et al. 2023 crab | |
? Paranecrocarcinus sp. van Straelen 1936 crab
? Pseudonecrocarcinus sp. Forster 1968 crab | |
Vectis blesai Ósso et al. 2023 crab | |
Etyxanthosia fossa Wright and Collins 1972 crab | |
? Pagurus garrafensis Ósso et al. 2023 hermit crab |