Montoria, Alava (Jurassic of Spain)

Where: Pais Vasco, Spain (42.6° N, 2.7° W: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 8.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, sandy limestone and lithified, sandy marl

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: J. Ramirez del Pozo. 1971. Algunas observaciones sobre el Jurasico de Alava, Burgos y Santander [The Jurassic of Alava, Burgos and Santander]. Cuadernos de Geologia Iberica 2:491-508 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78221: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.01.2008

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Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherelloidea sp. Alexander 1929 ostracod
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Aulacostephanidae
"Decipia cf. decipiens" = Ringsteadia (Decipia)
"Decipia cf. decipiens" = Ringsteadia (Decipia) ammonite
Foraminifera
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
Cornuspira orbicula Terquem and Berthelin 1875
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae