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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Cheloniceras cornuelianum d'Orbigny 1840 ammonite | |
Xerticeras salasi Delanoy et al. 2013 ammonite | |
Deshayesites deshayesi d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite |