Barranc de la Posa (layer 76): Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Pseudocandona sp.
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Palaestoa isonae
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? Ciclotus sp.
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Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Anadromidae
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Lychnus sp.
Matheron 1832
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Physidae
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"Physa" sp.
Draparnaud 1801
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Gastropoda
- Thiaridae
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Pyrgulifera sp.
Meek 1877
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Gastropoda
- Melanopsidae
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Melanopsis crastina
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Gastropoda
- Pachychilidae
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Melanatria sp.
Bowdich 1822
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Gastropoda
- Vitrinellidae
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Vitrinella informal sp. 1
Adams 1850
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
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Decapoda indet.
Latreille 1802
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Limnocytheridae
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Bisulcocypris sp.
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Ostracoda
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? Cyprinotus sp.
Brady 1886
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Charales
- Characea
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? Chara sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Peckichara coronata
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unclassified
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Stellatochara malladae
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Plantae indet.
Haeckel 1866
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Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Cataluña |
| Coordinates: | 42.1° North, 1.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.1° North, 0.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Arén | ||||
| Local section: | Barranco de la Posa | Local bed: | 48 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "lignitic formation" older than limestones bearing Hippurites castroi | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection,observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Barranco de la Posa | ||
| Database number: | 159019 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | A. Murch, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-07-25 10:35:53 | Last modified: | 2022-02-28 08:14:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-07-25 10:35:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 52007. | A. Liebau. 1973. El Maastrichtiense lagunar ("Garumniense") de Isona [The lagoonal Maastrichtian ("Garumnian") of Isona]. XIII Coloquio Europeo de Micropaleontología 87-112 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |