Quintanaopia area, Burgos (Jurassic of Spain)

Where: Castilla y Leon, Spain (42.8° N, 3.5° W: paleocoordinates 31.9° N, 10.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified marl and lithified limestone

Size class: 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 78216: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.01.2008

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Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Cytheruridae
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherella toarcensis Bizon 1960 ostracod
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Foraminifera
 Lagenina - Robuloididae