Outcrop by AP-7 section, Alcalà de Xivert (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Spain (40.3° N, 0.2° E: paleocoordinates 28.6° N, 8.5° E)

When: Benassal Formation, Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, bioturbated, sandy packstone

• Sandy limestones and limestones, which also contain abundant quartz grains and show packstone and grainstone textures, occur bioturbated and are characterized by the presence of elliptical to rounded ferruginous grains made up of a pelitomorphic matrix

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: MGUV, Museu de la Universitat de València d'Història Natural (Valencia, Spain)

Primary reference: À Ossó, S. Charbonnier, M. Hyžný, B. W. M. Bakel, J. Devillez, T. Bover-Arnal, and J. A. Moreno-Bedmar. 2024. Decapod assemblages from the Aptian-Albian transition of the eastern Maestrat Basin (Iberian Chain). Geologica Acta 22.7:1-35more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 236856: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.11.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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? Actinoseris sp.
Echinoidea
 Salenioida - Saleniidae
Leptosalenia sp.
Leptosalenia sp. Smith and Wright 1990 sea urchin
 Euechinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
Tetragramma sp.
Tetragramma sp. Agassiz 1840 sea urchin
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea sp.
Neithea sp. Drouet 1824 scallop
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Erymidae
Eryma sp., Palaeastacus aff. sussexiensis, Enoploclytia sp.
Eryma sp. Von Meyer 1840 decapod
Palaeastacus aff. sussexiensis Mantell 1824 decapod
Enoploclytia sp. M'Coy 1849 decapod
 Decapoda - Mecochiridae
Atherfieldastacus magnus
Atherfieldastacus magnus M'Coy 1849 decapod
 Decapoda -
Podotremata indet.
Podotremata indet. Guinot 1977 crab
 Decapoda - Necrocarcinidae
Necrocarcinus mariae
Necrocarcinus mariae Ósso et al. 2023 crab
 Decapoda - Paranecrocarcinidae
Paranecrocarcinus xivertensis n. sp.
Paranecrocarcinus xivertensis n. sp. Ossó et al. 2024 crab
 Decapoda - Palaeocorystidae
Joeranina gaspari
Joeranina gaspari van Bakel et al. 2012 crab
 Decapoda - Nephropidae
Hoploparia aff. longimana
Hoploparia aff. longimana Sowerby 1826 clawed lobster