Xixona, Spain (Unit 4) (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Spain (38.5° N, 0.5° W: paleocoordinates 26.0° N, 2.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified lime mudstone

• Reference section for the Internal Prebetic.

Nodular marly limestones.

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: J. Gallemi, G. Lopez, R. Martinez, J. Munoz and J. M. Pons. 1997. Albian-Cenomanian and Campanian-Maastrichtian biostratigraphy of southeast Spain. Cretaceous Research 18(3):355-372 [C. Marshall/S. Low]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3831: authorized by Charles Marshall, entered by Sofy Low on 10.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae