Monte Orobe, near Alsasua (MGSB collection): Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian, Spain
collected by Ruiz de Gaona, Via

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Galatheidae
Eomunidopsis navarrensis (Van Straelen 1940)
Klompmaker et al. 2012
Galathea orobensis n. sp. Ruiz de Gaona 1943
recombined as Eomunidopsis orobensis
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Catillogalatheidae
Paragalathea multisquamata n. sp. Via 1981
Klompmaker et al. 2012
recombined as Serraphylctaena multisquamata
Galatheites straeleni n. sp. Ruiz de Gaona 1943
recombined as Vasconilia straeleni
Paragalathea ruizi (Van Straelen 1940)
Klompmaker et al. 2012
recombined as Vasconilia ruizi
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Homolidae
Navarrahomola hispanica n. gen., n. sp. Artal et al. 2012
Artal et al. 2012
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Viaiidae
Viaia robusta n. gen., n. sp. Artal et al. 2012
Artal et al. 2012
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goniodromitidae
Distefania incerta (Bell 1863)
Klompmaker et al. 2012
Pithonoton sp. von Meyer 1842
Malacostraca - Decapoda
Glyptodynomene alsasuensis Van Straelen 1944
Fraaije et al. 2008
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cenomanocarcinidae
Cenomanocarcinus inflatus van Straelen 1936
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 42.9° North, 2.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.7° North, 1.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous
Key time interval:Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian
Age range of interval:106.20000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Ruiz de Gaona, Via
Collection method comments: Repository: Museo Geológico del Seminario de Barcelona
Metadata
Database number:139171
Authorizer:C. Schweitzer, M. Clapham Enterer:E. Johnson, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:decapod,marine invertebrate
Created:2013-02-09 03:04:31 Last modified:2024-03-25 12:22:27
Access level:the public Released:2013-02-09 03:04:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
44707.decapod R. P. M. Ruiz de Gaona. 1943. Nota sobre crustaceos decapodos de la cantera del monte Orobe (Alsasua). Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 40:425-433 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

87973 P. Artal, B. W. M. Van Bakel, R. H. B. Fraiije, J. W. M. Jagt, and A. A. Klompmaker. 2012. New Albian-Cenomanian crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Podotremata) from Monte Orobe, Navarra, northern Spain. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 29:398-410 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
41040decapod R. H. B. Fraaije, B. W. M. van Bakel, J. W. M. Jagt and P. Artal. 2008. New decapod crustaceans (Anomura, Brachyura) from mid-Cretaceous reefal deposits at Monte Orobe (Navarra, northern Spain), and comments on related type-Maastrichtian material. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belqique, Sciences de la Terre 78:193-208 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]
53625decapod A. A. Klompmaker, R. M. Feldmann, and C. E. Schweitzer. 2012. A hotspot for Cretaceous goniodromitids (Decapoda: Brachyura) from reef associated strata In Spain. Journal of Crustacean Biology 32(5):708-801 [C. Schweitzer/L. Baltzly/M. Clapham]
44501decapod A. A. Klompmaker, R. M. Feldmann, C. M. Robins and C. E. Schweitzer. 2012. Peak diversity of Cretaceous galatheoids (Crustacea, Decapoda) from northern Spain. Cretaceous Research 36:125-145 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson]