Cuatretonda, Bastida Formation, Member II, Valencia (Cretaceous of Spain)

Also known as Reef 1954

Where: Spain (39.0° N, 0.4° W: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 0.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: II Member (Bastida Formation), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• rudist bioherms

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: J. Philip. 1983. Le Campanien et le Maastrichtien a rudistes et grands foraminifers de Quatretonda (Provence de Valence, Espagne): une clef pour la biozonation et les correlations stratigraphiques dans le domaine mesogeen. Geologie Mediterraneenne 10(3-4):87-98 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67551: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.11.2006

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Rotaliina - Lepitorbitoididae
 Orbitoidacea - Lepidorbitoididae
"Siderolites vidali" = Pseudosiderolites vidali
"Siderolites vidali" = Pseudosiderolites vidali Douville 1907
 Orbitoidacea - Orbitoididae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Rosalinidae
Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Pironaea corrugata rudist
subspecies nicklesi
Pironaea milovanovici rudist
subspecies quatretondaensis
"Hippurites cf. radiosus" = Hippuritella lapeirousei Goldfuss 1840 rudist