Mollusca, Siera de Valdancha, Traiguera (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Spain (40.5° N, 0.3° W: paleocoordinates 27.8° N, 2.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Lignites de Traiguera Formation, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: paralic; poorly lithified, argillaceous, sandy, carbonaceous siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: J. Canérot and M. Collignon. 1983. La faune albienne de Traiguera (Province de Castellon - Espagne). Documents du Laboratoire de Géologie de l'Université de Lyon, Hors Série 6 (1981):227-249 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Bulot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 66129: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 29.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Anthonia hispanica n. sp." = Anthonya
"Anthonia hispanica n. sp." = Anthonya clam
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
"Psilomya gigantea" = Liopistha (Psilomya)
"Psilomya gigantea" = Liopistha (Psilomya) clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
Cercomya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Flaventia ovalis venus clam
Mesocallista andersoni Newton 1909 venus clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Pseudomiltha sp. Fischer 1887 clam
Sphaera corrugata Sowerby 1822 clam
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
"Scabrotrigonia fittoni" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia), "Scabrotrigonia pseudaliformis n. sp." = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia)
"Scabrotrigonia fittoni" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) clam
"Scabrotrigonia pseudaliformis n. sp." = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) clam
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassiopidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Tylostomatidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Perissoptera parkinsoni Mantell 1822 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes pricei moon snail
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
"Gentoniceras aff. gentoni" = Calycoceras (Gentoniceras) gentoni
"Gentoniceras aff. gentoni" = Calycoceras (Gentoniceras) gentoni Brongniart 1822 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Engonoceratidae
Protengonoceras gabbi Böhm 1898 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Knemiceratidae
Parengonoceras caneroti n. sp. Canérot and Collignon 1983 ammonite