Sierra de Sopalmo marls (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Spain (38.4° N, 1.2° W: paleocoordinates 28.5° N, 8.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified, sandy marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Taxonomy only clean for corals

Primary reference: H. Löser. 2008. A new solitary coral genus of the suborder Heterocoeniina (Scleractinia) from the Aptian (Cretaceous) of Spain. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 82(3):279-284 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84552: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 30.10.2008, edited by Madeleine Nimke

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Salenioida - Saleniidae
Saleniidae indet. Agassiz 1838 sea urchin
 Holectypoida - Discoididae
Discoides sp. Parkinson 1811 sea urchin
Crinoidea
 Comatulida - Decameridae
Decameros sp. Orbigny 1850 Feather star
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida -
 Terebratulida -
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Hexasmiliopsis saldanai n. gen. n. sp.
Hexasmiliopsis saldanai n. gen. n. sp. stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae
Columnocoenia aragonensis Alloiteau 1946 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia "sp. 1" Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
several species
Montlivaltia "sp. 2" Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Montlivaltia multiformis Toula 1889 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
"Cryptocoenia aff. pygmaea" = Cryptocoenia fontserei, Holocystis elegans
"Cryptocoenia aff. pygmaea" = Cryptocoenia fontserei Bataller 1947 stony coral
Cryptocoenia sp. n. aff. C. pygmaea
Holocystis elegans Lonsdale 1849 stony coral
Foraminifera
 Orbitolinacea - Orbitolinidae