Os de Balaguer (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Cataluna, Spain (41.9° N, 0.7° E: paleocoordinates 30.8° N, 3.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

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 88326: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Trochosmilia osensis n. sp. Vidal 1921 stony coral