MRSa 4, Mola Rodona section (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Spain (40.5° N, 0.2° E: paleocoordinates 29.9° N, 10.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Deshayesites deshayesi ammonoid zone, Forcall Formation, Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified limestone

• relatively deep water hemipelagic environment

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Paleontology collections of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Primary reference: G. Delanoy, J. A. Moreno-Bedmar, J.J. Ruiz and D. Tolós Lládser. 2013. Xerticeras gen. nov., a new genus of micromorphic heteromorph ammonite (Ancyloceratina, Ancyloceratidae)from the lower Aptian of Spain. Carnets de Géologie [Notebooks on Geology] CG2013_A02:89-103 [J. Pálfy/A. Kocsis/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 154656: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Adam Kocsis on 28.02.2014

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
Cheloniceras cornuelianum d'Orbigny 1840 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae
Xerticeras salasi Delanoy et al. 2013 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Deshayesitidae
Deshayesites deshayesi d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite