MJW-E-55c, Montejícar area, Subbetic (Jurassic to of Spain)

Where: Spain (37.6° N, 3.5° W: paleocoordinates 29.4° N, 5.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Jarropa Radiolarite Formation), Bathonian to Bathonian (168.3 - 157.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified, red, cherty/siliceous marl and lithified, red, cherty/siliceous claystone

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: J. M. Molina, L. O'Dogherty, J. Sandoval and J. A. Vera. 1999. Jurassic radiolarites in a Tethyan continental margin (Subbetic, southern Spain): palaeobatymetric and biostratigraphic considerations. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 150:309-330 [J. Pálfy/A. Kocsis]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131818: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Adam Kocsis on 30.07.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Cyrtocapsa mastoidea Yao 1979 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Williriedellidae
Hiscocapsa funatoensis Aita 1987 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Poulpidae
Saitoum levium De Wever 1981 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiellidae
Eucyrtidiellum unumaense Yao 1979 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Quarticella ovalis Takemura 1986 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Amphipyndacidae
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Parvicingula dhimenaensis Baumgartner 1984 radiolarian
? Dictyomitrella kamoensis Mizutani and Kido 1983 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Unumidae
Protunuma turbo radiolarian
Unuma typicus Ichikawa and Yao 1976 radiolarian
Unuma latusicostatus Aita 1987 radiolarian
Unuma echinatus Ichikawa and Yao 1976 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
 Nassellaria - Hsuidae
? Parahsuum hiconocosta Baumgartner and De Wever 1995 radiolarian
Hsuum "sp. 1" Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Acanthocircus suboblongus Yao 1972 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Archaeohagiastrum longipes Baumgartner 1995 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Pantanellium squinaboli Tan Sin Hok 1927 radiolarian
Gorgansium spp. Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian