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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Platyceramus aff. cycloides Wegner 1905 clam | |
Hydrozoa | |
Millepora irregularis Rehfeld and Ernst 1998 fire coral | |
Protozoa | |
"Granuloreticulosea indet." = Granuloreticulosa
"Granuloreticulosea indet." = Granuloreticulosa de Saedeleer 1934 |