Section Y.Mv - Bed 263, Cortijo de Miravetes, Rio Argos, Caravaca, Murcia: Berriasian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Coccolithophyceae - Podorhabdales - Tubodiscaceae
Tubodiscus jurapelagicus (Worsley 1971)
Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Rhagodiscaceae
Percivalia fenestrata (Worsley 1971)
Coccolithophyceae - Braarudosphaerales - Polycyclolithaceae
Rucinolithus wisei Thierstein 1971
Protozoa - Calpionellida
Calpionellopsis simplex
Calpionellopsis oblonga
Lorenziella hungarica
Protozoa - Spirotrichia
Tintinnopsella carpathica
listed as Tintinopsella
Tintinnopsella longa
listed as Tintinopsella
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Tirnovella sp. Nikolov 1966
sp. 1
Berriasella calisto (d'Orbigny 1850)
recombined as Hegaratella calisto
Fauriella boissieri (Pictet 1867)
Thurmanniceras otopeta
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Bochianitidae
Bochianites sp. Lory 1898
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Haploceratidae
Neolissoceras grasianum (d'Orbigny 1841)
recombined as Haploceras grasianum
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Protancyloceratidae
Leptoceras studeri (Ooster 1860)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae
Olcostephanus drumensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 38.1° North, 1.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.8° North, 6.2° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Berriasian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 1
Key time interval:Berriasian
Age range of interval:145.00000 - 139.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Miravetes
Local section:Y.Mv (Rio Argos) Local bed:263
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Th. otopeta ammonite subzone, P. fenestrata nannofossil subzone, Calpionellopsis calpionellid zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified marl
Lithology description: rhythmic alternation of marly limestone beds (5-70 cm thick) and marly interbeds (varying between a few cm and several m thick)
Environment:basinal (carbonate)
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:64986
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2006-09-18 04:29:20 Last modified:2006-09-18 07:42:54
Access level:the public Released:2006-09-18 04:29:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18720. R. Aguado, M. Company, and J. M. Tavera. 2000. The Berriasian/Valanginian boundary in the Mediterranean region: new data from the Caravaca and Cehegin sections, SE Spain. Cretaceous Research 21:1-21 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]