Where: Cataluna, Spain (41.6° N, 1.8° E: paleocoordinates 5.2° N, 15.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)
• Upper Muschelkalk facies (M3), equivalent to La Riba Reef Formation. Multiple bedding surfaces in the quarry.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lime mudstone and marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
• Specimens collected with power tools.
Primary reference: A. B. Smith and J. Gallemi. 1991. Middle Triassic holothurians from northern Spain. Palaeontology 34(1):49-76 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 44260: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.09.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Encrinus cf. aculeatus von Meyer 1849 Sea lily | |
Holothuroidea | |
Strobilothyone rogenti n. gen. n. sp.
Strobilothyone rogenti n. gen. n. sp. Smith and Gallemi 1991 sea cucumber | |
Monilipsolus mirabilis n. gen. n. sp.
Monilipsolus mirabilis n. gen. n. sp. Smith and Gallemi 1991 sea cucumber | |
Collbatothuria danieli n. gen. n. sp.
Collbatothuria danieli n. gen. n. sp. Smith and Gallemi 1991 sea cucumber | |
Echinoidea | |
"Cidaris" wissmanni Desor 1847 sea urchin | |
Miocidaris sp. Döderlein 1887 pencil urchin | |
"Cidaris" ecki Assmann 1926 sea urchin | |
unclassified | |
Porifera indet. Grant 1836 |