Where: Pyrenees, Spain (42.3° N, 0.5° E: paleocoordinates 36.6° N, 0.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ager Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• Gaemers (1978) numerous fragmentary decapod remains as well as the nautilid Eutrephoceras sp. from the Fasciolites moussoulensis (alveolinid foraminifer) Unit about 3 km north of La Puebla de Roda, assigning to this unit a latest Paleocene age.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Oertijdmuseum De Groene Poort
Primary reference: R. H. B. Fraaije and H. W. J. Pennings. 2006. Crab carapaces preserved in nautiloid shells from the Upper Paleocene of Huesca (Pyrenees, Spain). Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 23(3):361-363 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 126568: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 07.04.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Eutrephoceras sp. Hyatt 1894 nautiloid | |
Malacostraca | |
Glyphithyreus wetherelli Bell 1858 crab | |
Palaeocarpilius sp. Milne-Edwards 1862 crab
Eocarpilius sp. Blow and Manning 1996 crab |