Santamera section, 40-45 m (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Spain (41.1° N, 2.8° W: paleocoordinates 30.2° N, 0.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Picofrentes Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• Lower Turonian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Berrocal-Casero, F. Barroso-Barcenilla, P. Callapez, F. García Joral, and M. Segura. 2013. Bioestratigrafía de macrofósiles del Cenomaniense Superior-Turoniense Inferior en el área de Satamera y Riofrío del Llano (Guadalajara, España). Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España 26(2) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 175375: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 11.12.2015

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Euechinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
Tetragramma variolare Brongniart 1822 sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster sp. Agassiz and Desor 1847 heart urchin
Hemiaster bufo Brongniart 1822 heart urchin
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Trigonarca sp. Conrad 1862 clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra (Costagyra) olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium sp. Gabb 1869 cockle
Granocardium cf. productum Sowerby 1832 cockle
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
? Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
Vascoceras durandi Thomas and Peron 1889 ammonite
Vascoceras kossmati Choffat 1898 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Tylostomatidae
Tylostoma ovatum Sharpe 1849 snail
Tylostoma torrubiae Sharpe 1849 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Drepanocheilus sp. Meek 1864 snail