Cerro de Mahoma, Sierra de Ricote, Bed 129 (Jurassic of Spain)

Where: Spain (38.1° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 27.6° N, 8.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Concavum ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Aalenian (175.6 - 171.6 Ma)

• Concavum subzone

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and chert

• marly limestone with chert

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: E. S. Carter, S. Goričan, J. Guex, L. O'Dogherty, P. De Wever, P. Dumitrica, R. S. Hori, A. Matsuoka, and P. A. Whalen. 2010. Global radiolarian zonation for the Pliensbachian, Toarcian and Aalenian. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 297:401-419 [J. Pálfy/A. Kocsis/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120127: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Adam Kocsis on 07.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Protozoa
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Archaeohagiastrum longipes Baumgartner 1995 radiolarian
Hagiastrum majusculum Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Zartus mostleri radiolarian
Trillus elkhornensis Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella skowkonaensis Carter 1988 radiolarian
Bistarkum saginatum Yeh 1987 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Parvivaccidae
Acaeniotylopsis triacanthus Kito and De Wever 1994 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Parasaturnalidae
Parasaturnalis diplocyclis Yao 1972 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Hexasaturnalis tetraspinus Yao 1972 radiolarian
Eospongosaturninus protoformis Yao 1972 radiolarian
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Xiphostylus simplus Yeh 1987 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Napora nipponica radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Mirifusus proavus radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Tripedurnulidae
Turanta ex gr. morinae Pessagno and Blome 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Hsuidae
Parahsuum izeense Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
? Parahsuum hiconocosta Baumgartner and De Wever 1995 radiolarian
Transhsuum hisuikyoense Isozaki and Matsuda 1985 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Unumidae
Unuma echinatus Ichikawa and Yao 1976 radiolarian