Jumilla area, Murcia (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Spain (38.5° N, 1.3° W: paleocoordinates 26.3° N, 2.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified carbonate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. P. Masse, C. Arias, and L. Vilas. 1998. Lower Cretaceous Rudist faunas of Southeast Spain: an overview. GĂ©obios 22:193-210 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64396: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Monopleuridae
? Petalodontia sp. Pocta 1889 rudist
 Hippuritida - Polyconitidae
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
 Hippuritida - Caprinidae
 Hippuritida - Requieniidae