Valldarques (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Catalonia, Spain (42.1° N, 1.2° E: paleocoordinates 31.8° N, 3.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Senonian (100.5 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Herenger. 1942. Contribution a l'etude des spongiaires du Jurassique et du Cretace de Catalogne. Travaux du Laboratoire de Geologie de la Faculte des Sciences de l'Universite de Grenoble 23:143-192 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112574: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

Hexactinellida
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Leptophragma murchisoni Goldfuss 1831 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Ventriculites stellatus Schrammen 1902 glass sponge
Rhizopoterion tubiforme Schrammen 1912 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa -
Xylospongia tarraconensis n. gen. n. sp. Herenger 1942 glass sponge