Xixona, Spain (Unit 6): Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
Tetragramma variolare (Brongniart 1822)
Echinoidea
Cottaldia sp. Desor 1856
Echinoidea - Phymosomatidae
Phymosomatidae indet. Pomel 1883
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae
Salenia sp. Gray 1835
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida
Cassiduloida indet. Agassiz and Desor 1847
Echinoidea - Echinoneoida - Conulidae
Globator sp. Agassiz 1840
Conulus castanea
Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Holaster trecensis
Holaster nodulosis
Holaster ? sp. Agassiz 1836
"sp. (?)" - originally entered as "Holaster sp. (?)"
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster sp. Agassiz and Desor 1847
Hemiaster sp. Agassiz and Desor 1847
"sp. 1" - originally entered as "Hemiaster sp. 1"
Hemiaster sp. Agassiz and Desor 1847
"sp. 2" - originally entered as "Hemiaster sp. 2"
Hemiaster bufo (Brongniart 1822)
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Toxasteridae ? ()
"(?) indet." - originally entered as "Toxasteridae (?) indet."
Douvillaster longesulcatus
Douvillaster ? sp.
"sp. (?)" - originally entered as "Douvillaster sp. (?)"
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Spatangidae
Epiaster ? sp.
"sp. (?)" - originally entered as "Epiaster sp. (?)"
Echinoidea - Holectypoida - Holectypidae
Caenholectypus cenomanensis
original and current combination Coenholectypus
originally entered as "Coenholectypus cenomanensis"
Echinoidea - Holectypoida - Discoididae
Camerogalerus cylindricus
Discoides inferus
Echinoidea - Holectypoida - Anorthopygidae
Anorthopygus orbicularis (de Grateloup 1836)
Echinoidea - Diadematoida - Diadematidae
Diadematidae indet. Gray 1855
Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Codiopsis doma Desmarest 1825
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris pyrenaica
originally entered as "Cidaris" pyrenaica"
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Psychocidaridae
Tylocidaris sorigneti
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hoplitidae
Hyphoplites sp. Spath 1922
Hyphoplites curvatus (Mantell 1822)
"curvatus pseudofalcatus" - originally entered as "Hyphoplites curvatus pseudofalcatus"
Hyphoplites falcatus (Mantell 1822)
"falcatus falcatus" - originally entered as "Hyphoplites falcatus falcatus"
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Proplacenticeras sp.
originally entered as "Protoplacenticeras sp."
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Graysonites sp. Young 1958
Graysonites wooldridgei Young 1958
synonym of Graysonites wacoense
Mantelliceras saxbii (Sharpe 1857)
Mantelliceras dixoni Spath 1926
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Anisoceratidae
Anisoceras perarmatum Pictet and Campiche 1861
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Turrilitidae
Turrilites scheuchzerianus Bosc 1801
Mariella miliaris (Pictet and Campiche 1861)
Mariella bergeri (Brongniart 1822)
recombined as Mariella (Mariella) bergeri
Mariella cf. bergeri (Brongniart 1822)
recombined as Mariella (Mariella) bergeri
originally entered as "Mariella cf. bergeri"
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Radiolitidae indet. Gray 1848
Durania sp. Douvillé 1908
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus tenuis
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Orbirhynchia sp. n. sp. Pettitt 1954
originally entered as "Orbirhynchia sp. nov."
Orbirhynchia mantelliana (d'Sowerby 1826)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Cyclothyris difformis (Valenciennes 1819)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae
Terebrirostra cf. lyra
originally entered as "Terebrirostra cf. lyra"
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Kingenidae
Kingena spinulosa
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Gibbithyrididae
Concinnithyris subundata (Sowerby 1813)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Tropeothyris vectis Owen 1988
Moutonithyris dutempleana (d'Orbigny 1851)
Sellithyris aff. sella (Sowerby 1823)
originally entered as "Sellithyris aff. sella"
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 38.5° North, 0.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.0° North, 1.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous
*Period:Middle Cretaceous - Late/Upper Cretaceous *Epoch:Gallic
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian
Key time interval:Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian
Age range of interval:106.20000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:yellow lithified calcareous lime mudstone
Secondary lithology: "limestone"
Geology comments: Reference section for Internal Prebetic.

Alternating yellowish marly limestones with predominant calcareous marls.

Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:3832
Authorizer:C. Marshall Enterer:S. Low
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-10 17:19:39 Last modified:2004-03-11 16:25:06
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
246. J. Gallemi, G. Lopez, R. Martinez, J. Munoz and J. M. Pons. 1997. Albian-Cenomanian and Campanian-Maastrichtian biostratigraphy of southeast Spain. Cretaceous Research 18(3):355-372 [C. Marshall/S. Low]