Biomicrite with benthic foraminifers facies (Cretaceous to of Spain)

Where: Spain (42.1° N, 2.9° W: paleocoordinates 32.0° N, 0.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Santonian to Late/Upper Santonian (85.8 - 72.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; sandy wackestone and sandy packstone

• bancs massifs épais de 50 cm à 3 m. La matrice micritique (4O-6O%) est parfois trouée de larges plages de sparite (20-30%). La biophase (30-40%) est constitutée pour l’essentiel de Foraminifères benthiques où abondent Ataxophragmiidks, LituolidCs, Miliolidés, Textulariidés, etc.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Frey. 1982. Un Modéle de Comblement de Plate-forme Interne Carbonatée: Santonien Supéieur-Campanien des Chaines Ibdriques Nord. Cretaceous Research 3:69-81 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161013: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 31.08.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
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Montsechiana cf. martiguae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Pseudotriloculina sp., Triloculina sp., Idalina antiqua, Quinqueloculina sp.
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Miliolida - Fabulariidae
Lacazina elongata, Periloculina sp.
 Miliolida - Peneroplidae
Archiacina cf. munieri
Foraminifera
  -
Minouxia cf. conica, Minouxia cf. lobata, Cyclopsinella cf. steinmanni, Pseudolituonella reicheli, Pseudolituonella cf. mariae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Discorbis sp.
Discorbis sp. Lamarck 1804
Foraminifera
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Martiguesia cf. cyclamminiformis, Cyclolina sp.
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae
Cuneolina cf. conica, Cuneolina cf. pavonia
 Loftusiacea - Cyclamminidae
Pseudocyclammina cf. massiliensis, Pseudocyclammina cf. sphaeroidea
 Textulariina - Dicyclinidae
Dicyclina schlumbergeri
Dicyclina schlumbergeri Munier-Chalmas 1887
 Textulariina - Nezzazatidae
Nezzazatinella sp.
Nezzazatinella sp. Darmoian 1976
 Textulariina - Dictyopsellidae
Dictyopsella cf. kiliani
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Tetraminouxia sp.
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Rotalia cf. reicheli, Rotalia sp.
Rotalia sp. Lamarck 1804
  -
Broeckinella cf. neumannae
 Biokovinacea - Charentiidae
Peneroplis giganteus
 Thaumatoporellales -
Thaumatoporella cf. parvovesiculifera