Barranco de Cavila-17b (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Murcia, Spain (38.1° N, 1.9° W: paleocoordinates 28.7° N, 7.1° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Vandenheckii zone, Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: limestone

• lithology described as interbedded limestones and marls

Primary reference: M. Company, J. Sandoval, and J. M. Tavera. 1995. Lower Barremian ammonite biostratigraphy in the Subbetic Domain (Betic Cordillera, southern Spain). Cretaceous Research 16(2-3):243-256 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2323: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 01.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phyllopachyceras infundibulum d'Orbigny 1840 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Pulchelliidae
Coronites hoplitiformis, "Heinzia provincialis" = Pulchellia (Heinzia), "Carstenia lindigii" = Pulchellia (Carstenia)
"Heinzia provincialis" = Pulchellia (Heinzia) ammonite
"Carstenia lindigii" = Pulchellia (Carstenia) ammonite
 Ammonitida - Holcodiscidae
 Ammonitida - Protetragonitidae
Protetragonites crebrisulcatus Uhlig 1883 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Barremites sp. ammonite
originally entered as "Barremites spp."
 Ammonitida - Ptychoceratidae
 Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae
Ancyloceras vandenheckii Astier 1851 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Acrioceratidae
 Ammonoidea - Hamulinidae