Zumaya section, U5, Samples Z16, Thickness 20 m: Ypresian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Cibicididae
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Cibicidoides spp.
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Anomalinidae
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Anomalinoides welleri
(Plummer 1927)
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Loxostomatidae
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Aragonia aragonensis
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7 specimens | ||||||
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Lituolida
- Haplophragmoididae
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Haplophragmoides sp.
Cushman 1910
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Buliminidae
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Bulimina tuxpamensis
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21 specimens | ||||||
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Bulimina spp.
d'Orbigny 1826
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Bathysiphonidae
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Bathysiphon spp.
Sars 1872
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11 specimens | ||||||
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Ammosphaeroidinidae
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Recurvoides walteri
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18 specimens | ||||||
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Saccamminidae
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Saccammina placenta
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8 specimens | ||||||
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Saccammina spp.
Sars in Carpenter 1869
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8 specimens | ||||||
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Ammodiscidae
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Glomospira charoides
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7 specimens | ||||||
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Ammodiscus peruvianus
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Cyclamminidae
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Reticulophragmoides jarvisi
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Prolixoplectidae
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Karrerulina horrida
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22 specimens | ||||||
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Karrerulina conversa
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Karrerulina spp.
Finlay 1940
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10 specimens | ||||||
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Cassidulinidae
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Globocassidulina spp.
Voloshinova 1960
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32 specimens | ||||||
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Epistomariidae
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Nuttallides truempyi
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147 specimens | ||||||
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Spiroplectamminidae
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Spiroplectammina spectabilis
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Spiroplectammina navarroana
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Nodosariata
- Nodosariida
- Nodosariidae
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Nodosaria spp.
Lamarck 1812
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Spain |
| Coordinates: | 43.3° North, 2.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.7° North, 3.6° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ypresian | Zone: | Morozovella velascoensis |
| Age range of interval: | 56 - 47.8 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Local section: | Zumaya | Local bed: | 20 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower Ypresian. Acarinina sibaiy biozone. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown,red claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | gypsum |
| Lithology description: reddish to grey clays rich in gypsum crystals | |
| Environment: | deep subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: U5 (~20 cm) consists of reddish to grey clays rich in gypsum crystals. Foraminiferal tests are still affected by dissolution, but less intensely than in the previous interval. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 154105 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause |
| Modifier: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-01-27 08:36:05 | Last modified: | 2014-01-27 08:38:52 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-04-27 08:36:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 49947. | L. Zili, D. Zaghbib-Turki, L. Alegret, I. Arenillas, and E. Molina. 2009. Foraminiferal turnover across the Paleocene/Eocene boundary at the Zumaya section, Spain: record of a bathyal gradual mass extinction. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 26(3):729-744 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |