Montsech de Ager (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Cataluna, Spain (42.0° N, 0.8° E: paleocoordinates 31.0° N, 3.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. M. Vidal. 1921. Contribution a la paleontologia del Cretacico de Cataluna [Contribution to the Cretaceous paleontology of Cataluna]. Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias y Artes de Barcelona 17:89-107 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88327: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Codiopsis douvillei n. sp.
Codiopsis douvillei n. sp. sea urchin
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia -
Globiconcha montsecana n. sp.
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Perna montsecana n. sp.
Perna montsecana n. sp. mussel
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima catalaunica n. sp.
Lima catalaunica n. sp. file clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia montsecana n. sp.
Gervillia montsecana n. sp. oyster
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Placosmilia vidali, Placosmilia bofilli n. sp.
Placosmilia vidali stony coral
Placosmilia bofilli n. sp. Vidal 1921 stony coral