Castellfort, Spain (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Castellon, Spain (40.5° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 30.5° N, 9.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: carbonate

Primary reference: S. Calzada. 1996. Gasteropodos hauterivienses de Castellfort (Castellon). Batalleria (Barcelona) 6:67-75 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3726: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 09.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Tubiferidae
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
 Epitonioidea - Nystiellidae
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Mesalia collombi turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassiopidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Eustomatidae
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Heterostrophia -
Bivalvia
 Pterioida -
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
 Carditida - Astartidae