St. Corneli, Tremp Area, Vila Vella Formation, Cataluna (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Spain (42.2° N, 0.9° E: paleocoordinates 31.9° N, 3.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Vila Vella Formation, Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• max. 315 m thick

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified marl and lithified limestone

• light grey marls, marly limestones and silts alternating

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66996: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.11.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Nostoceras sp., Didymoceras sp.
Nostoceras sp. Hyatt 1894 ammonite
Didymoceras sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp.
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite
sp. 1
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Micraster aff. aturicus, Micraster stolleyi
Micraster stolleyi heart urchin
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
? Echinocorys conoidea, Echinocorys heberti, ? Cardiaster heberti