The Toarcian in the Subbetic Basin-Cerro Méndez Section: Sample 22f (Jurassic of Spain)
Where: Granada, Spain (37.6° N, 3.2° W: paleocoordinates 27.2° N, 7.5° E)
When: Meneghinii ammonoid zone, Subbetic Basin Formation, Late/Upper Toarcian (180.1 - 175.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified limestone
• This section is located on the right bank of the Guadahortuna River, 250 m south of the “El Peñón” farm. Toarcian sediments, ~39 m thick, consist of well-bedded regular alternations of hemipelagic marls and marly limestones.
Size class: microfossils
Primary reference: J. Sandoval, M. Bill, R. Aguado, L. O'Dogherty, P. Rivas, A. Morard, and J. Guex. 2012. The Toarcian in the Subbetic basin (southern Spain): Bio-events (ammonite and calcareous nannofossils) and carbon-isotope stratigraphy. 342(343):40-63 [A. Kocsis/L. Mulvey]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 199490: authorized by Adam Kocsis, entered by Laura Mulvey on 24.01.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Taxonomic list comments:Total abundance classes used are as follows: A= abundant, defined as more than 10 nannoliths/field of view (n./f.v.); C=common, defined as more than 1 and less than 10 n./f.v.; F= few, 1 nannolith in 1 to 10 f.v.; R= rare, defined as 1 nannolith in more than 10 f.v.
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| Coccolithophyceae | |
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Lotharingius sigillatus Stradner 1961
Lotharingius crucicentralis Medd 1971
Watznaueria "sp. A" Reinhardt 1964
Watznaueria "sp. B" Reinhardt 1964 | |
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Schizosphaerella punctulata Deflandre and Dangeard 1938 | |
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Zeugrhabdotus erectus Deflandre 1954
Crepidolithus crassus Deflandre 1954
Tubirhabdus patulus Rood et al. 1973 | |
Discorhabdus "sp. cf. D. criotus", Discorhabdus ignotus, Discorhabdus striatus, Discorhabdus criotus, Biscutum dubium, Biscutum intermedium, Similiscutum "sp. 1"
Discorhabdus "sp. cf. D. criotus" Noël 1965
Discorhabdus ignotus Górka 1957
Discorhabdus striatus Moshkovitz and Ehrlich 1976
Discorhabdus criotus Bown 1987
Biscutum dubium Noël 1965
Biscutum intermedium Bown 1987
Similiscutum "sp. 1" de Kaenel and Bergen 1993 | |
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Carinolithus superbus Deflandre 1954 | |