Isona, Barranco de la Posa (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Cataluna, Spain (42.1° N, 1.1° E: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 1.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• "Garumnian"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified marl

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 88323: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.04.2009, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Acteonellidae
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea elhuyari n. sp. oyster
 Cardiiformii -
"Hippuritoida indet." = Hippuritida
"Hippuritoida indet." = Hippuritida Newell 1965 rudist
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
"Anisoria vidali n. gen." = Cycloria
"Anisoria vidali n. gen." = Cycloria stony coral
 Scleractinia - Synastraeidae
"Thamnastraea garumnica n. sp." = Synastrea garumnica
"Thamnastraea garumnica n. sp." = Synastrea garumnica Vidal 1921 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora garumnica n. sp. Vidal 1921 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
"Heterocoenia garumnica n. sp." = Heterocoenia dendroides
"Heterocoenia garumnica n. sp." = Heterocoenia dendroides Reuss 1854 stony coral