Sierra de Montsech, Clot d'Olsi-Alsamora section, unit 25, Pyrenees: Santonian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Hippuritidae
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Vaccinites beaussetensis
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Vaccinites galloprovincialis
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Hippuritella maestrei
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Hippuritella carezi
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Hippurites microstylus
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Hippurites cristatus
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Hippurites canaliculatus
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Hippurites turgidus
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Plagioptychidae
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Plagioptychus toucasi
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Plagioptychus informal sp. 2
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Radiolitidae
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Radiolites galloprovincialis
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Praeradiolites plicatus
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Praeradiolites sarladensis
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Praeradiolites toucasianus
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Praeradiolites coquandi
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Biradiolites angulosissimus
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Biradiolites ibericus
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Biradiolites acuticostatus
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Sphaerulites boreaui
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Monopleuridae
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Monopleura minuta
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Geography
| Country: | Spain |
| Coordinates: | 42.0° North, 0.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.0° North, 3.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 86.3 - 83.6 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Vallcarga | ||
| Local section: | Clot d'Olsi-Alsamora | Local bed: | 25 |
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: complex bioconstruction of rudists, corals and algae with an abundant accompanying fauna | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3474 | ||
| Database number: | 74586 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-08-15 07:14:58 | Last modified: | 2007-11-12 09:48:29 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-08-15 07:14:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25067. | O. Pascual, J. M. Pons, and E. Vicens. 1989. Rudist horizons in the Montsec (South Central Pyrenees). in J. Wiedmann, ed., Cretaceous of the Western Tethys 215-230 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |