Monte Orobe quarry MEC dup (Cretaceous to of Spain)
Where: Basque, Spain (42.9° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 30.6° N, 2.3° E)
When: Albaniz Member (Eguino Formation), Albian to Albian (113.0 - 93.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
• All localities are characterized by reef lime- stones containing mainly corals, algae, orbitolinid foraminifera, echinoid spines, sponges, brachiopods, bivalves, and decapod crustaceans.
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: A. A. Klompmaker, R. M. Feldmann, C. M. Robins and C. E. Schweitzer. 2012. Peak diversity of Cretaceous galatheoids (Crustacea, Decapoda) from northern Spain. Cretaceous Research 36:125-145 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138814: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 28.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Paragalathea ruizi" = Vasconilia ruizi, "Paragalathea straeleni" = Vasconilia straeleni
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