Where: Albania (41.0° N, 20.4° E: paleocoordinates 22.1° N, 23.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Barremian to Barremian (129.4 - 113.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, argillaceous, sandy, cherty/siliceous limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original calcite
Primary reference: L. H. Peza and J. Zitt. 2002. Urgonian (Early Cretaceous) echinoids of the Mirdita zone (Southern Albania). Geologica Carpathica 53(5):327-332 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 40804: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 01.07.2004, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Foraminifera | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Cylindroporella sugdeni Elliott 1957 | |
Echinoidea | |
? Hirudocidaris ex gr. uniformis pencil urchin | |
Cidaris sp. Leske 1778 pencil urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
Diptyxis munellae snail
Diptyxis mirditae snail | |
Neoptyxis astrachanica snail | |
Anthozoa | |
Epismilia sp. Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Epismilia robusta Koby 1895 stony coral | |
Montlivaltia cf. kaufmanni Koby 1896 stony coral | |
Dermosmilia sp. Koby 1884 stony coral
Epistreptophyllum sp. Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral | |
Stylina sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Carpathoporella fontis gorgonian |