Ophiuroidea, Maastrichtian, Puerto de Olazagutia, Spain (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Spain (42.9° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 1.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Puerto de Olazagutia Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; poorly lithified, sandy marl

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: replaced with calcite

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: H. W. Rasmussen. 1951. Cretaceous Ophiuroidea from Germany, Sweden, Spain and New Jersey. Saertryk af Meddelelser fra Dansk Geologisk Forening 12:48-56 [L. Villier/J. Millet]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 59070: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Julien Millet on 09.03.2006, edited by Loic Villier

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Orbitoidacea - Orbitoididae
Ophiuroidea
 Ophiacanthida - Ophiocomidae
"? Amphiura senonensis" = Ophiocoma senonensis
"? Amphiura senonensis" = Ophiocoma senonensis Valette 1914 brittle star
 Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
? Ophiura serrata Roemer 1841 brittle star
 Ophiurida - Ophiopyrgidae
"? Ophiura hagenowi" = Stegophiura hagenowi
"? Ophiura hagenowi" = Stegophiura hagenowi Rasmussen 1950 brittle star