Cantera de Margas, Olazagutia, 94.0 m: Late/Upper Coniacian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Micraster brevis
Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Cardiaster integer
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 42.9° North, 2.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.1° North, 0.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Coniacian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Coniacian
Age range of interval:89.80000 - 86.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Olazagutia
Local section:Cantera de Margas Local bed:94.0 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Magadiceramus subquadratus zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: marly limestone
Environment:offshore shelf
Geology comments: Navarro-Cantabrian Basin
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:74389
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-08-06 02:29:02 Last modified:2007-08-06 05:29:02
Access level:the public Released:2007-08-06 02:29:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
24978. J. Gallemi, G. Lopez, R. Martinez and J. M. Pons. 2007. Macrofauna of the Cantera de Margas section, Olazagutia: Coniacian/Santonian boundary, Navarro-Cantabrian Basin, northern Spain. Cretaceous Research 28:5-17 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]