Where: Cataluna, Spain (41.6° N, 1.8° E: paleocoordinates 5.2° N, 15.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)
• Single steeply-dipping bedding surface.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
• Specimens collected with power tools.
Primary reference: A. B. Smith and J. Gallemi. 1991. Middle Triassic holothurians from northern Spain. Palaeontology 34(1):49-76 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 44261: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.09.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ophiuroidea | |
Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840 brittle star | |
Holothuroidea | |
Strobilothyone rogenti n. gen. n. sp.
Strobilothyone rogenti n. gen. n. sp. Smith and Gallemi 1991 sea cucumber | |
Crinoidea | |
Encrinus sp. Lamarck 1801 Sea lily |