Also known as Barranco de la Posa
Where: Cataluña, Spain (42.1° N, 1.1° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 0.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Arén Formation, Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• "lignitic formation" older than limestones bearing Hippurites castroi
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: A. Liebau. 1973. El Maastrichtiense lagunar ("Garumniense") de Isona [The lagoonal Maastrichtian ("Garumnian") of Isona]. XIII Coloquio Europeo de Micropaleontología 87-112 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 159019: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Abree Murch on 25.07.2014, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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? Chara sp. Linnaeus 1753 stonewort | |
Stellatochara | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Melanatria sp. Bowdich 1822 snail | |
Melanopsis crastina snail | |
Pyrgulifera sp. Meek 1877 snail | |
Vitrinella "sp. 1" Adams 1850 snail | |
"Physa" sp. Draparnaud 1801 snail | |
Lychnus sp. Matheron 1832 slug | |
Malacostraca | |
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod | |
Ostracoda | |
Bisulcocypris sp. ostracod | |
? Cyprinotus sp. Brady 1886 ostracod | |
Reptilia | |
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile |