Where: Spain (42.3° N, 0.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.6° N, 1.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Roda Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• Late Ypresian age based on nummulites
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: foreshore; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, replaced with calcite
Collection methods: bulk,
• A 24 m2 surface was quantitatively analyzed
Primary reference: A. W. Martinius and N. Molenaar. 1991. A coral-mollusc (Goniaraea-Crassatella) dominated hardground community in a siliciclastic-carbonate sandstone (the lower Eocene Roda Formation, southern Pyrenees, Spain). Palaios 6(2):142-155 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 71633: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 02.05.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae | |
Entobia sp. Bronn 1838 demosponge | |
Anthozoa | |
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"Goniaraea elegans" = Goniopora elegans
"Goniaraea elegans" = Goniopora elegans Leymerie 1846 stony coral | |
Leptomussa variabilis d'Achiardi 1867 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
"Turritella dixoni" = Haustator dixoni
"Turritella dixoni" = Haustator dixoni Deshayes 1861 turret shell | |
Campanile sp. Fischer 1884 snail | |
Strombidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 true conch | |
Bivalvia | |
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Chlamys pradellensis scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
"Pectinacea indet." = Pectinoidea
"Pectinacea indet." = Pectinoidea Rafinesque 1815 scallop | |
"Ostrea (Cubitostrea) multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata
"Ostrea (Cubitostrea) multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster | |
Chama boriesi jewel box | |
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam | |
"Cardiacea indet." = Cardioidea
"Cardiacea indet." = Cardioidea Lamarck 1809 clam | |
Crassatella depressa clam | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Aetobatis sp." = Aetobatus
"Aetobatis sp." = Aetobatus Blainville 1816 stingray | |
Lamna sp. Cuvier 1816 mackerel shark | |
Reptilia | |
Chelonioidea indet. Baur 1893 sea turtle |