ammonites
Vilanoveta, St. Corneli, coral lithosome, Lleida (Cretaceous of Spain)

Also known as Reef 1285

Where: Spain (42.2° N, 1.1° E: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 3.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sant Pere de Vilanoveta Member (Sant Corneli Formation), Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified floatstone

• lenticular platy coral lithosomes over 1 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. X. Valldeperas. 2000. Les associacions de coralls plans (Scleractinia) de la plataforma carbonatada de Sant Corneli, unitat sud-pirinenca central (Cretaci superior, Santonia) [Platy coral (Scleractinia) associations of the Sant Corneli carbonate platform, southern Central Pyrenees Unit (Upper Cretaceous, Santonian)]. Butlleti de la Institucio Catalana d'Historia Natural 68:73-88 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67610: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.11.2006, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling