Tamajón (Choffaticeras quaasi subzone) (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Spain (41.0° N, 3.3° W: paleocoordinates 30.0° N, 0.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) quaasi ammonoid zone, Puentedey Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Departamento de Paleontologia of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid (UCM)

Primary reference: F. Barroso-Barcenilla and A. Goy. 2010. The ammonite genus Vascoceras Choffat, 1898 (family Vascoceratidae Douvillé, 1912) in the Iberian Trough, Spain. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 290:199-235 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 186928: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.07.2017

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
Vascoceras durandi Thomas and Peron 1889 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) saenzi Wiedmann 1960 ammonite