Abstract
Larger foraminifera and associated fauna from the Maastrichtian of the southern valencian Prebaetic sector (E Iberian Peninsula) The benthic foraminiferal assemblage and the associated fauna found in the Upper Cretaceous deposits of the Serra de la Solana, Valencia (Spain) have been revised. The study has allowed us to confirm the presence of the foraminiferal species Hellenocyclina beotica Reichel, Siderolites aff. calcitrapoides Lamarck, Orbitoides apiculata Schlumberger, Orbitoides gensacicus (Leymerie) and Omphalocyclus macroporus (Lamarck), as stated by previous authors. In addition, the revision has permitted to identify some other species, never cited before in Serra de la Solana and neighbour regions in Iberian Peninsula, such as Fissoelphidium operculiferum Smout and Selimina cf. spinalis Inan and two different morphotypes of rotaliids that we have left in open nomenclature, namely, Rotaliidae indet. sp. 1 and Rotaliidae indet. sp. 2. The rudists and echinoid found associated to these benthic foraminifera have been also revised. The rudist species found are Hippurites radiosus Des Moulins, Hippurites cornucopiae Defrance, Hippurites cf. lamarcki Douvillé, and Apricardia sp., the two latter cited in Serra de la Solana for the first time. The echinoid assemblage is composed of the species Pygopyrina darderi (Lambert), Linthia payeni (Coquand) and Hemipneustes striatoradiatus (Leske). The whole assemblage, typical of shallow-water platform environments, is Upper Maastrichtian in age and shows some differences in respect other contemporaneous asseblages from other paleogeographical areas.
Highlights
GRANERO, P., ROBLES-SALCEDO, R., LUCENA, G., TROYA, L. & VICEDO, V
the associated fauna found in the Upper Cretaceous deposits of the Serra de
us to confirm the presence of the foraminiferal species Hellenocyclina beotica Reichel
Summary
La Serra de la Solana és una unitat orogràfica que s’estén en direcció sud-est nord-est (SE-NO), des del terme municipal de Villena (Alacant) fins a Ontinyent (València), al nord del parc Natural de la Serra de Mariola. La sèrie del Cretaci superior del flanc sud la Serra de la Solana està constituïda essencialment per calcàries, calcàries dolomítiques i dolomies d’aproximadament 500 metres de potència, amb edat que comprèn des del Cenomanià fins al Maastrichtià –dades extretes del full del mapa geològic 820 Onteniente–. Els fulls no 795 (Játiva IGME, 1979) i no 820 (Onteniente, IGME, 1975) del Mapa Geológico de España, l’interval estudiat seria equivalent a la unitat cartogràfica C26, formada per calcarenites amb foraminífers bentònics, rudistes, equínids i ostreids, amb una edat de Maastrichtià superior. Pel que fa al Sector de Jumilla-Yecla del domini Prebètic, situat a l’oest-sud-oest (OSO) de la Serra de la Solana, els nivells amb rudistes i orbitoids estudiats serien equivalents a la Formació de Calizas Arenosas del Molar (Martín-Chivelet, 1994). Atenent a les descripcions de les unitats, l’interval estudiat de Bocairent es pot correlacionar amb la unitat C del treball de Pons i Vicens (2002) i la unitat litostratigràfica C26 del full no770 (Alzira) del Maastrichtià superior
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