Solana del Sopalmo, lower unit of upper sequence: Early Aptian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae
Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Deshayesitidae
Dufrenoyia dufrenoyi (d'Orbigny 1840)
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 38.4° North, 1.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.7° North, 21.2° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Barremian
Key time interval: Early Aptian
Age range of interval: 121.4 - 119.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Upper Bedoulian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: marl
Environment:deep subtidal shelf
Geology comments: The lower unit (30 m thick) is marly with iron concretions and septaria. Shelf sedimentation
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:145186
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-05-28 19:37:34 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2013-08-28 19:37:34
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

46942. E. Morycowa, J. P. Masse, C. Arias and L. Vilas. 2001. Montlivaltia multiformis Toula (Scleractinia) from the Aptian of the Prebetic Domain (SE Spain). Revista Espanola de Paleontologia 16(1):131-144 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]