El Canteret (14.0 m) (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Valenciana, Spain (40.6° N, 0.1° W: paleocoordinates 30.1° N, 10.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Capas Rojas Formation, Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)

• "lower Bedoulian"; bed located 14 m from top

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "channel"; concretionary, ferruginous, micaceous, blue, argillaceous sandstone

• "ochre and gray argillaceous sandstones, micaceous, with nodules of ferruginous concretions and some isolated valves of Ceratostreon. Locally acquires intense colors of violet and ochre."

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by J. Sanz et al. in 1978

Primary reference: J. V. Santafé-Llopis, M. L. Casanovas-Cladellas, J. L. Sanz-García and S. Calzada-Badía. 1981. Un nuevo yacimiento de Dinosaurios en el Aptiense inferior de Morella (Castellón) [A new dinosaur locality in the lower Aptian of Morella (Castellón)]. Acta Geològica Hispànica 16(3):139-143 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45155: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 08.10.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ceratostreon sp.
Ceratostreon sp. Bayle 1878 oyster
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