Can Casanyas Castellet (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Catalonia, Spain (41.3° N, 1.6° E: paleocoordinates 29.6° N, 11.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Lagneau-Herenger. 1962. Contribution a l'etude des spongiaires siliceux du Cretace inferieur. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France 95:1-252 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 111533: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.06.2011

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Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Tetralithistida - Phymaraphiniidae
Phymaraphinia plana n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Prokaliapsis gemina Schrammen 1924 demosponge
Polyrhipidium cristagalli Schrammen 1924 demosponge
Lopadophorus fusiformis n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae
Polyierea lobata demosponge
"Thecosiphonia nobilis" = Polyierea (Thecosiphonia) demosponge
"Siphonia pyriformis" = Siphonia (Siphonia) pyriformis Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
Jerea excavata Michelin 1847 demosponge
n. forma globosa
Aulaxinia ventricosa Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Aulaxinia sulcifera Roemer 1864 demosponge
Craterella auricula Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Phymatella intumescens Roemer 1864 demosponge
Kalpinella pateraeformis Hinde 1884 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Theonellidae
"Cladodermia pistillum" = Phyllodermia (Cladodermia) demosponge
"Cladodermia colossea" = Phyllodermia (Cladodermia) colossea Schrammen 1910 demosponge
"Cladodermia curta n. sp." = Phyllodermia (Cladodermia) curta Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Phyllodermia coronata Courtiller 1861 demosponge
Acrochordonia stellata n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Eustrobilus callosus Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Eustrobilus aptiensis n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Verrucodesma subconica n. gen. n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Verrucodesma cylindrata n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Rhoptrum scytaliforme Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Discodermia catalaunica n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Discodermia stellata Moret 1925 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Plinthosellidae
Ingentilotus ostreiformis n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Pseudoverruculinidae
Pseudoverruculina globosa n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Corallistidae
Pycnoclonella dactyliformis n. gen. n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Pycnoclonella ramosa n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Spinocladia tubulata n. gen. n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Gilletia catalaunica n. gen. n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Pachinion scriptum Roemer 1864 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Azoricidae
Scytalia excavata n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Scytalia turbinata Roemer 1864 demosponge
Pseudocytoracea plicata n. gen. n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Pseudocytoracea curta n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
Coelocorypha catalaunica n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
"Cytoracea turbinata" = Cytoracia demosponge
subsp. galloprovincialis
Stachyspongia spica Roemer 1864 demosponge
Chonella tenuis Roemer 1864 demosponge
Coscinostoma fragilis Schrammen 1910 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Seliscothonidae
Seliscothon phlyctioides Moret 1925 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Scleritodermatidae
Verruculina tenuis Roemer 1840 demosponge
Verruculina mamillata n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Jereicidae
Moretispongia micropora n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 demosponge
 Megalithistida - Carterellidae
Heloraphinia sp. Schrammen 1937 demosponge
 Megalithistida - Pleromatidae
Hexactinellida
 Hexactinosa - Euretidae
Ramispongia micropora n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
Linonema ramosa n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Dactylocalycidae
Exanthesis aptiensis n. sp. Herenger 1942 glass sponge
Moretiella elegans n. gen. n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae
Centrosia regulata n. sp., "Cyclostigma tubulosa n. sp." = Callicylix (Cyclostigma) tubulosa, Sarophora aptiensis n. sp.
Centrosia regulata n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
"Cyclostigma tubulosa n. sp." = Callicylix (Cyclostigma) tubulosa Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
Sarophora aptiensis n. sp. Herenger 1942 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Sporadopylidae
Xenoschrammenum fragile n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Camerospongiidae
"Camerospongia asymetrica n. sp." = Camerospongia (Camerospongia) asymetrica
"Camerospongia asymetrica n. sp." = Camerospongia (Camerospongia) asymetrica Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Pachyascus batalleri Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge
Craticularia stellata n. sp. Lagneau-Herenger 1962 glass sponge