Bioestratigrafía de macrofósiles del Cenomaniense Superior-Turoniense Superior en el área de Santamera y Riofrío del LLano (Guadalajara, España)

Abstract

A biostratigraphic and systematic study on the upper Cenomanian-lower Turonian (Picofrentes Formation) outcrops of the Santamera and Riofrío del Llano area (Guadalajara, Spain) is presented. The following taxa have been identified: the brachiopod Phaseolina phaseolina (Valenciennes in Lamarck, 1819); the bivalves Chlamys cf. guerangeri (Farge in Couffon, 1936), Cerastostreon flabellatum (Goldfuss, 1833), Ilymatogyra pseudoafricana (Choffat, 1902), Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum (Lamarck, 1801), Exogyra (Costagyra) olisiponensis (Sharpe, 1850), ?Pholadomya sp., Granocardium cf. productum (Sowerby, 1832), ?Granocardium sp., Trigonarca sp., ?Proveniella sp. and Durania arnaudi (Choffat, 1891); the gastropods Harpagodes sp., Tylostoma ovatum Sharpe, 1849, Tylostoma torrubiae Sharpe, 1849, Drepanocheilus sp. and Cimolithium tenouklense (Coquand, 1862); the ammonites Vascoceras durandi (Thomas and Péron, 1889), Vascoceras kossmati Choffat, 1898, Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) quaasi (Péron, 1904), Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) sp. and Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) cf. obliquus (Karrenberg, 1935); and the echinoids Tetragramma variolare (Brongniart, 1822), Holaster sp., Hemiaster bufo Desor, 1847, Hemiaster sp., Mecaster cf. scutiger (Forbes in Sharpe, 1849) and Mecaster palpebratus (Loriol, 1888). The sedimentary facies and the fossil assemblages identified correspond to a neritic-coastal palaeoenvironment.