Sample 18.1, section X.HA (Cortijo del Hielo): Aptian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Coccolithophyceae
- Braarudosphaerales
- Polycyclolithaceae
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Hayesites irregularis
(Thierstein et al. 1972)
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Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Granada |
| Coordinates: | 37.9° North, 2.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.0° North, 6.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Aptian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 3 |
| Key time interval: | Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 121.40000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Local section: | X.HA | Local bed: | 34.2 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: No lithostratigraphic unit names mentioned in text or figures. From Weissi ammonite Biozone of the lower Aptian. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Lithology consists of rhymically alternating marly limestone beds 5 to 70cm thick, and marly interbeds up to several metres thick. | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: Pelagic section in the External Zone of the Betic Cordillera of Spain. | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some microfossils |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Detailed sampling was carried out by authors for this study. No repository is listed, but presumably specimens reside with the authors at either Escuela Universitaria or Universidad de Granada. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for ammonites, while some calcareous nannofossils are listed. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 50397 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | micropaleontology |
| Created: | 2005-05-14 13:43:59 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-14 13:43:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13528. | R. Aguado, M. Company, J. Sandoval and J.M. Taver. 1997. Biostratigraphic events at the Barremian/Aptian boundary in the Betic Cordillera, southern Spain. Cretaceous Research 18:309-329 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/J. Alroy] |