Sierra de Montsech, Clot d'Olsi-Alsamora section, unit 25, Pyrenees (Cretaceous of Spain)

Also known as Reef 3474

Where: Spain (42.0° N, 0.8° E: paleocoordinates 31.0° N, 3.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Vallcarga Formation, Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• complex bioconstruction of rudists, corals and algae with an abundant accompanying fauna

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Pascual, J. M. Pons, and E. Vicens. 1989. Rudist horizons in the Montsec (South Central Pyrenees). in J. Wiedmann, ed., Cretaceous of the Western Tethys 215-230 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74586: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.08.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Plagioptychidae
Plagioptychus toucasi, Plagioptychus "sp. 2"
Plagioptychus "sp. 2" Matheron 1842 rudist
 Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Hippurites microstylus, Hippurites cristatus, Hippurites canaliculatus, Hippurites turgidus, Vaccinites beaussetensis, Vaccinites galloprovincialis, Hippuritella maestrei, Hippuritella carezi
 Hippuritida - Monopleuridae
Monopleura minuta
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Praeradiolites plicatus, Praeradiolites sarladensis, Praeradiolites toucasianus, Praeradiolites coquandi, Biradiolites angulosissimus, Biradiolites ibericus, Biradiolites acuticostatus, Radiolites galloprovincialis, Sphaerulites boreaui