St. Corneli, Tremp Area, "Prats de Carreu", Cataluna: Late Coniacian - Santonian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Eubostrychoceras sp. Matsumoto 1967
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceratidae indet. Neumayr 1875
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Damesites sp. Matsumoto 1942
Parapuzosia sp. Nowak 1913
Parapuzosia daubreei (de Groussouvre 1894)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Eupachydiscus sp. Spath 1922
Eupachydiscus isculensis (Redtenbacher 1873)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Muniericeratidae
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
Texanites gallicus Collignon 1948
Gauthiericeras margae (Schlüter 1867)
Echinoidea - Phymosomatidae
? Porosoma sp. Cotteau 1856
Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 42.2° North, 0.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.4° North, 12.9° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Coniacian - Santonian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 6
Key time interval: Late Coniacian - Santonian Ammonoid zone:  Eupachydiscus isculensis
Age range of interval: 89.8 - 83.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sant Corneli
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: the former Prats de Carreu Member of the Carreu Formation; max. 200 m thick
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Secondary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: greyish-blue marls alternating with nodular and/or splintery marly limestones; marly levels are predominant and thicker; with frequent limonitic nodules
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: neritic
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Brachiopods, sponges, gastropods and lamellibranchs reported to be present, but not listed.
Metadata
Database number:66969
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, B. Allen Enterer:U. Merkel, B. Allen
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-10-31 07:05:48 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2006-10-31 07:05:48
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
19089. J. Gallemi, R. Martinez, and J. M. Pons. 1983. Coniacian-Maastrichtian of the Tremp Area (South Central Pyrenees). Newsletters on Stratigraphy 12(1):1-17 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

19095 P. W. Skelton, E. Gili, E. Vicens, A. Obrador, and G. Lopez. 2003. Revised lithostratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) carbonate platform succession on the northern flank of Sant Corneli, southern Central Pyrenees. Journal of Iberian Geology 29:73-87 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]