Vilanoveta, St. Corneli, coral lithosome, Lleida: Santonian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Radiolitidae
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Radiolites sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Hippuritidae
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Vaccinites sp.
Fischer 1887
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2.6 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Plagioptychidae
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Plagioptychus paradoxus
Matheron 1842
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| synonym of Plagioptychus aguilloni | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys sp.
Röding 1798
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Lopha sp.
Röding 1798
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2.6 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Actinastreidae
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Actinastraea piveteaui
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| original and current combination Actinastrea | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Heterocoeniidae
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Heterocoenia reussi
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Rhipidogyridae
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Meandroria tenella
(Goldfuss 1826)
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| recombined as Orbignygyra tenella | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Placocoeniidae
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Placocoenia dumortieri
de Fromentel 1879
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| synonym of Paraplacocoenia rotula | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Columastreidae
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Columastrea sp.
d'Orbigny 1849
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Actinacididae
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Actinacis reussi
Oppenheim 1930
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5.3 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
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Neocaeniopsis excelsa
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Neocaeniopsis fromenteli
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Agariciidae
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Thamnasteria aff. andranomarivensis
Alloiteau 1958
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= Morphastrea sp.
d'Orbigny 1850
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Baron-Szabo 2009 | |||||||||
| n.sp.? | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Haplaraeidae
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Elasmofungia comoserioides
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72.8 %-specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Summigaraea | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Thamnasteriidae
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Corbariastraea junctiseptata
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Mesomorpha mammillata
(Reuss 1854)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Latomeandridae
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Brachyseris tenerrima
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4.4 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Dimorphastraea sp.
(d'Orbigny 1850)
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| original and current combination Dimorphastrea | ||||||||||
| sp. 1 and 2 | ||||||||||
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Valliculastraea montuosa
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Valliculastraea spinosa
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Valliculastraea texta
(Oppenheim 1930)
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Fungiastraea sp.
Alloiteau 1952
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3.5 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Demospongiae
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Blastochaetetes sp.
Dietrich 1919
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Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Entobia sp.
Bronn 1838
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain |
| Coordinates: | 42.2° North, 1.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.1° North, 3.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Sant Corneli | Member: | Sant Pere de Vilanoveta |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified floatstone |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Geology comments: lenticular platy coral lithosomes over 1 m thick | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 1285 | ||
| Database number: | 67610 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel, W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-11-27 07:50:59 | Last modified: | 2006-11-27 09:51:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-11-27 07:50:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19264. | F. X. Valldeperas. 2000. Les associacions de coralls plans (Scleractinia) de la plataforma carbonatada de Sant Corneli, unitat sud-pirinenca central (Cretaci superior, Santonia) [Platy coral (Scleractinia) associations of the Sant Corneli carbonate platform, southern Central Pyrenees Unit (Upper Cretaceous, Santonian)]. Butlleti de la Institucio Catalana d'Historia Natural 68:73-88 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 30659 | R. Baron-Szabo. 2009. Taxonomic opinions on Cretaceous corals. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |