Barranc de la Posa (layer 76) (Cretaceous of Spain)

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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Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
Calcareous root casts?
 Charales - Characea
? Chara sp. Linnaeus 1753 stonewort
Stellatochara
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
Melanatria sp. Bowdich 1822 snail
 Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Pyrgulifera sp. Meek 1877 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
Vitrinella "sp. 1" Adams 1850 snail
 Heterostropha - Physidae
"Physa" sp. Draparnaud 1801 snail
 Stylommatophora - Anadromidae
Lychnus sp. Matheron 1832 slug
Malacostraca
 Decapoda -
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Limnocytheridae
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? Cyprinotus sp. Brady 1886 ostracod
Reptilia
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Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile