Munter, Vic area, La Guixa Member, Ebro Basin, Catalonia (Eocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (41.9° N, 2.2° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 1.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: La Guixa Member (Vic Marls Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• second Bartonian cycle, transgressive phase

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified marl

• almost total absence of storm beds, the deepest, aphotic environment of Vic area; outer shelf boundary

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Pisera and P. Busquets. 2002. Eocene siliceous sponges from the Ebro Basin (Catalonia, Spain). Géobios 35(3):321-346 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 61241: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.06.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Hexactinellida
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Laocoetis patula, Pleuroguettardia iberica
Laocoetis patula Pomel 1872 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae
Brachiolites munterensis n. sp., "Callicylix eocenicus n. sp." = Callicylix eocenicus, "Centrosia viquensis n. sp." = Callicylix eocenicus
Brachiolites munterensis n. sp. glass sponge
"Callicylix eocenicus n. sp." = Callicylix eocenicus Pisera and Busquets 2002 glass sponge
"Centrosia viquensis n. sp." = Callicylix eocenicus Pisera and Busquets 2002 glass sponge
 Lyssacinosa - Leucopsacidae
Reguantella cavernosa n. gen. n. sp.
Reguantella cavernosa n. gen. n. sp. glass sponge
 Lyssacinosa - Euplectellidae
Regadrella concinna n. sp.
Regadrella concinna n. sp. glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Tretodictyidae
Hexactinella informis
 Hexactinosa - Aphrocallistidae
Aphrocallistes almeriae
 Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
Guettardiscyphia thiolati
Guettardiscyphia thiolati Archiac 1846 glass sponge