Mortera, Cantabria - Unit 1 (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Spain (43.4° N, 4.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 0.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Not lithostratigraphic data reported in text. AGE: Upper Santonian, on the basis of inoceramid biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From base of 40-45 m thick section, underlying unit 2.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, nodular bafflestone

• LITHOLOGY: Nodular hydrozoan biostromes. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description and figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with calcite, replaced with silica

Collection methods: surface (in situ), peel or thin section,

• COLLECTOR: Not stated, but presumably the authors. REPOSITORY: Palaeontological Institute FU Berlin, Malteserstraase, Berlin.

Primary reference: U. Rehfeld and G. Ernst. 1998. Hydrozoan build-ups of Millepora irregularis sp. nov. and fungiid coral meadows of Cunnolites Alloiteau (Anthozoa) - palaeoecological and palaeoceanographical implications for the Upper Cretaceous of north Cantabria (northern Spain). Facies 39:125-138 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90759: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.08.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text (Hydrozoa) and characteristic or biostratigraphically important taxa also mentioned. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Hydrozoa
 Milleporina -
Millepora irregularis Rehfeld and Ernst 1998 fire coral
Protozoa
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"Granuloreticulosea indet." = Granuloreticulosa
"Granuloreticulosea indet." = Granuloreticulosa de Saedeleer 1934