Cantera de Margas, Olazagutia, 95.6 m: Early/Lower Santonian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Micrasteridae
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Micraster brevis
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Geography
| Country: | Spain |
| Coordinates: | 42.9° North, 2.2° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.2° North, 0.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Olazagutia | ||||
| Local section: | Cantera de Margas | Local bed: | 95.6 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Platyceramus undulatoplicatus 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: | 74412 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-08-06 04:08:47 | Last modified: | 2007-08-06 07:08:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-08-06 04:08:47 |
| 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] |