St. Corneli, Tremp Area, Texanitid Marls, Cataluna: Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Phymosomatidae
Porosoma sp. Cotteau 1856
Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Cardiaster hermitei
Cardiaster integer
Echinocorys vulgaris Leske 1778
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster sp. Agassiz and Desor 1847
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Micraster corbaricus
Micraster matheroni
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cyathocidaris cyathifera
Stereocidaris sp. Pomel 1883
spelled with current rank as Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Scaphitidae indet. Gill 1871
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
? Protexanites peroni
Protexanites planatus
Protexanites bourgeoisi (d'Orbigny 1850)
recombined as Protexanites (Protexanites) bourgeoisianus
Texanites aff. hispanicus
Texanites ? oliveti
Plesiotexanites sp. Matsumoto 1970
spelled with current rank as Texanites (Plesiotexanites)
Texanites ? gallicus Collignon 1948
Texanites quinquenodosus (Redtenbacher 1837)
recombined as Texanites (Texanites) quinquenodosus
Barroisiceras sp. de Grossouvre 1894
Gauthiericeras margae (Schlüter 1867)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
Hemitissotia turzoi Karrenberg 1935
Hemitissotia ? lenticeratiformis Wiedmann 1978
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Parapuzosia corbarica (de Grossouvre 1894)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Eupachydiscus isculensis (Redtenbacher 1873)
Nowakites sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 42.2° North, 0.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.1° North, 3.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian
Age range of interval:89.80000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Texanitid Marls
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: max. 180 m thick
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Lithology description: nodular marls alternating with splintery marls
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: neritic
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Brachiopods, sponges and inoceramids reported to be present, but not listed.
Metadata
Database number:66968
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-10-31 06:23:04 Last modified:2006-10-31 08:43:36
Access level:the public Released:2006-10-31 06:23:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

19089. J. Gallemi, R. Martinez, and J. M. Pons. 1983. Coniacian-Maastrichtian of the Tremp Area (South Central Pyrenees). Newsletters on Stratigraphy 12(1):1-17 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]