Zumaya section, U1, 17m, Samples Z4 (Paleocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (43.3° N, 2.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 3.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Morozovella velascoensis foram zone, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• Late Thanetian. Morozovella gracilis zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; gray marl and limestone

• 50 cm, the unit consists of decimetric-bedded grey marls-limestones and clay intercalations. It contains abundant well preserved planktonic and benthic foraminifers

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: L. Zili, D. Zaghbib-Turki, L. Alegret, I. Arenillas, and E. Molina. 2009. Foraminiferal turnover across the Paleocene/Eocene boundary at the Zumaya section, Spain: record of a bathyal gradual mass extinction. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 26(3):729-744 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 154088: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 26.01.2014

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
 Nodosariida - Stilostomellidae
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina spp. Lamarck 1804
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Pyrulina spp. d'Orbigny 1839
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cancrisidae
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
 Lituolida - Haplophragmoididae
Haplophragmoides sp. Cushman 1910
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"Marginulina spp." = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina spp." = Cristellaria (Marginulina) d'Orbigny 1826
  - Chilostomellidae
  - Spiroplectamminidae
 Loftusiacea - Cyclamminidae
 Textulariina - Pseudogaudryinidae
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
 Ammodiscoidea - Saccamminidae
 Textulariina - Hyperamminidae
 Textulariina - Prolixoplectidae
 Astrorhizacea - Bathysiphonidae
 Ataxophragmiacea - Globotextulariidae
 Hormosinacea - Hormosinidae
 Lituolacea - Ammosphaeroidinidae
 Asterigerinacea - Epistomariidae
 Rotaliina -
 Rotaliina - Pleurostomellidae
 Nodosariacea - Ellipsolagenidae
Oolina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
Oolina spp. d'Orbigny 1839
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae