Where: Valenciana, Spain (40.1° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 31.3° N, 8.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)
• also listed as "Purbeckian"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal carbonate
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Collected by Gillain
Collection methods: surface (float),
• Found as a block that had fallen to the base of a barranco from the nearby cliffs
Primary reference: A. F. d. Lapparent, M. Le Joncour, A. Mathieu and B. Plus. 1965. Découverte en Espagne d'empreintes de pas de Reptiles mésozoïques [Discovery of Mesozoic reptile footprints in Spain]. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Sección Geológica 63:225-230 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 74519: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.08.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
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Reptilia | |
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Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Echinoidea | |
Cidaris sp. Leske 1778 pencil urchin |