Barranco de Cavila2-37 (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: Compressissima 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 2374: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 02.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea - Hamulinidae
 Ammonitida - Holcodiscidae
cf. Holcodiscus caillaudianus d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite
originally entered as "Holcodiscus cf. caillaudianus"
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Barremites sp. Kilian 1915 ammonite
originally entered as "Barremites spp."
 Ammonitida - Silesitidae
Silesites sp. Uhlig 1883 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Crioceratitidae
"Toxoceras annulatum" = Crioceratites
"Toxoceras annulatum" = Crioceratites ammonite
 Ammonitida - Leptoceratoididae
Karsteniceras sp. Royo-Gomez 1945 ammonite
originally entered as "Karsteniceras spp."
Hamulinites sp. Paquier 1900 ammonite
originally entered as "Hamulinites spp."
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phyllopachyceras infundibulum d'Orbigny 1840 ammonite
originally entered as "Phyllpachyceras infundibulum"