Tudanca section; benthic forams, 302 m (Jurassic of Spain)

Where: Spain (43.2° N, 4.4° W: paleocoordinates 31.7° N, 7.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• Domerian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; lithified marl

• deep ramp setting to basin setting, black shale facies
• Black shale

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,

Primary reference: K.-U. Gräfe. 2005. Benthic foraminifers and palaeoenvironment in the Lower and Middle Jurassic of the Western Basque-Cantabrian Basin (Northern Spain). Journal of Iberian Geology 31(2):217-233 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 73737: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 27.06.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
  -
"Marginulina alata" = Cristellaria (Marginulina), "Marginulina prima" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina alata" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina prima" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Foraminifera
  -
 Trochamminacea - Trochamminidae