The Toarcian in the Subbetic Basin-Cerro Méndez Section: Sample 22c (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 199493: 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 | |
Lotharingius barozii, Lotharingius velatus, Lotharingius crucicentralis, Lotharingius sigillatus, Watznaueria colacicchii, Watznaueria "sp. A"
Lotharingius barozii Noël 1973
Lotharingius velatus Bown and Cooper 1989
Lotharingius crucicentralis Medd 1971
Lotharingius sigillatus Stradner 1961
Watznaueria "sp. A" Reinhardt 1964 | |
Carinolithus superbus Deflandre 1954 | |
Biscutum intermedium Bown 1987
Discorhabdus striatus Moshkovitz and Ehrlich 1976
Discorhabdus ignotus Górka 1957
Discorhabdus criotus Bown 1987 | |
Schizosphaerella punctulata Deflandre and Dangeard 1938 | |
Crepidolithus crassus Deflandre 1954
Tubirhabdus patulus Rood et al. 1973 |