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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Saleniidae indet. Agassiz 1838 sea urchin | |
Discoides sp. Parkinson 1811 sea urchin | |
Crinoidea | |
Decameros sp. Orbigny 1850 Feather star | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Rhynchonellida indet. Kuhn 1949 | |
Terebratulida indet. Waagen 1883 | |
Bivalvia | |
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789 clam | |
Anthozoa | |
Hexasmiliopsis saldanai n. gen. n. sp.
Hexasmiliopsis saldanai n. gen. n. sp. stony coral | |
Columnocoenia aragonensis Alloiteau 1946 stony coral | |
Montlivaltia "sp. 2" Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Montlivaltia multiformis Toula 1889 stony coral | |
"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 | |