Northwest of Sant Hipòlit de Voltregà (Eocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (42.1° N, 2.2° E: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 1.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; shelly/skeletal marl

• Shallow shelf
• Marls very rich in macrofauna

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Museo Geológico del Seminario de Barcelona

Primary reference: A. Garassino, P. Artal, and G. Pasini. 2009. New report of decapod macrurans from the Eocene of Catalonia and Aragón (Spain). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 150(2):207-214 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127463: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 15.05.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Erymidae
Enoploclytia eocenica n. sp. Garassino et al. 2009 decapod
 Decapoda - Zanthopsidae
Harpactocarcinus punctulatus Desmarest 1822 crab
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster sp. Agassiz 1835 heart urchin
 Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Coelopleurus sp. sea urchin