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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Acteonella agricolai n. sp.
Acteonella agricolai n. sp. snail | |
Pupa isonae snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea elhuyari n. sp.
Ostrea elhuyari n. sp. oyster | |
"Hippuritoida indet." = Hippuritida
"Hippuritoida indet." = Hippuritida Newell 1965 rudist | |
Anthozoa | |
"Anisoria vidali n. gen." = Cycloria
"Anisoria vidali n. gen." = Cycloria stony coral | |
"Thamnastraea garumnica n. sp." = Synastrea garumnica
"Thamnastraea garumnica n. sp." = Synastrea garumnica Vidal 1921 stony coral | |
Stylophora garumnica n. sp.
Stylophora garumnica n. sp. Vidal 1921 stony coral | |
"Heterocoenia garumnica n. sp." = Heterocoenia dendroides
"Heterocoenia garumnica n. sp." = Heterocoenia dendroides Reuss 1854 stony coral |