Carbonills (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Cataluna, Spain (42.3° N, 2.7° E: paleocoordinates 31.0° N, 4.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• rudist limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. M. Vidal. 1921. Contribution a la paleontologia del Cretacico de Cataluna [Contribution to the Cretaceous paleontology of Cataluna]. Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias y Artes de Barcelona 17:89-107 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88324: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Eucyclus cossmanni n. sp.
Eucyclus cossmanni n. sp. snail
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa woodwardi n. sp.
Retusa woodwardi n. sp. snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
"Cyprina mugae n. sp." = Arctica
"Cyprina mugae n. sp." = Arctica clam
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
"Diploria meridionalis n. sp." = Orbignygyra tenella
"Diploria meridionalis n. sp." = Orbignygyra tenella Goldfuss 1826 stony coral