Sierra de Cazorla (RGCHSP), marl-limestone rhythmite, Andalucia (Jurassic to of Spain)

Where: Spain (37.9° N, 2.9° W: paleocoordinates 30.0° N, 5.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Oxfordian to Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 150.8 Ma)

• Bifurcatus-Planula Zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; lithified limestone and lithified marl

• alternating beds of well-stratified limestones (packstones-wackestones) and marls

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Oloriz, M. Reolid, and F. J. Rodriguez-Tovar. 2003. A Late Jurassic carbonate ramp colonized by sponges and benthic microbial communities (External Prebetic, Southern Spain). Palaios 18:528-545 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68307: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.01.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Spirillinina - Spirillinidae
Spirillinidae indet. Reuss and Fritsch 1861
  -
"Ophtalmidium sp." = Ophthalmidium
"Ophtalmidium sp." = Ophthalmidium Kübler and Zwingli 1870
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Bullopora sp. Quenstedt 1856
Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Sowerbyceras sp. Parona and Bonarelli 1895 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae
Orthosphinctes sp. Schindewolf 1925 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
"Enayites sp." = Passendorferia (Enayites), "Subnebrodites sp." = Idoceras, "Dichotomoceras sp." = Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras), Mirosphinctes sp.
"Enayites sp." = Passendorferia (Enayites) ammonite
"Subnebrodites sp." = Idoceras ammonite
"Dichotomoceras sp." = Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) ammonite
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Trimarginites sp. Rollier 1909 ammonite
Glochiceras sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
Taramelliceras sp. Del Campana 1904 ammonite
Metahaploceras sp. Spath 1925 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Poromyida - Parilimyidae
Procardia sp. Meek 1871 clam
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Gresslya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Propeamussium sp. de Gregorio 1884 mud scallop
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Echinoidea
 Irregularia - Disasteridae
Collyrites sp. sea urchin
 Holectypoida - Holectypidae
Holectypus sp. sea urchin
Hydrozoa
  - Nigriporellidae
Tubiphytes sp. Maslov 1956