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Oxynotum Zone (Upper Sinemurian) of Asturian and Lusitanian basins,

Iberian Peninsula. Ammonoids succession and correlation

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OXYNOTUM ZONE (UPPER SINEMURIAN) OF ASTURIAN AND

LUSITANIAN BASINS, IBERIAN PENINSULA: AMMONOID SUCCESSION
AND CORRELATION
ÍÑIGO VITÓN*1, MARÍA J. COMAS-RENGIFO1, LUÍS V. DUARTE2, ANTONIO GOY1
1
Department of Geodynamics, Stratigraphy and Palaeontology, Geological Science Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid; iviton@ucm.es;
mjcomas@ucm.es; angoy@ucm.es
2
Universidade de Coimbra, MARE and Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Portugal; lduarte@dct.uc.pt

In this work we analyse the ammonoid successions from the uppermost part of the Obtusum Zone
(Denotatus Subzone) to lowermost part of the Raricostatum Zone (Densinoludum Subzone). This interval is
observed in the East Rodiles, Peñarrubia (central-eastern Asturian Basin), and São Pedro de Moel (north-
western Lusitanian Basin) sections, Iberia. In the Asturian Basin, the interval studied belongs to the Buerres
Member (Valenzuela et al. 1986) of the Rodiles Formation, where sections are relatively expanded and show
few significative discontinuities. In the Lusitanian Basin, the São Pedro de Moel section is also expanded, and
the interval examined corresponds to the upper part of Coimbra Formation and to the Polvoeira Member
(Duarte & Soares 2002) of the Água de Madeiros Formation and, in no case, the discontinuties have a bigger
rank than an horizon.
Oxynoticeratidae and Echioceratidae are the most common ammonoid families in both the Asturian and
Lusitanian basins, but scarce Eoderoceratids were also found. In the Simpsoni Subzone, the oxynoticeratids
and echioceratids specimens are infrequent and use to be incomplete phragmocones. In the Oxynotum
Subzone, Oxynoticeratids are more common, specially in the lower part of São Pedro de Moel section, and
they are preserved as compressed inner moulds of macroconchs and microconchs. In the first levels of the
subzone, they are associated to frequent Echioceratidae, represented by Plesechioceras sp. nov. In the upper
levels, oxycones are accompanied by rare eoderoceratids.
The lower boundary of the Oxynotum Zone could be marked by the first occurrence of Gagaticeras in
the two basins studied. In the first levels of this zone Eparietites remains, namely E. impendens (Young & Bird)
and E. glaber Guérin-Franiatte. In both basins, the Simpsoni Subzone is characterised by the presence of
Gagaticeras gagateum (Young & Bird) and Oxynoticeras simpsoni (Simpson). Moreover, in the Asturian Basin
Palaeoechioceras is as well registered. The Oxynotum Subzone was defined by the appearance of the index
species, Bifericeras bifer (Quenstedt) and Gleviceras doris (Reynès).
In the Raricostatum Zone (Densinodulum Subzone), the differences among the identified ammonoid
assemblages are markedly accentuated. In the Asturian Basin, the ammonite record is very scarce, and above
Gleviceras doris, only one level with Plesechioceras cf. delicatum (Buckman) has been recognised, followed by
two levels of Plesechioceras gr. edmundi (Dumortier) before the first appearance of Echioceras in the
Raricostatum Subzone. In the Lusitanian Basin, over the last Oxynoticeras oxynotum (Quenstedt) specimens,
that are associeted to Plesechioceras, Oxynoticeras (macroconch) – Cheltonia (microconch), Gleviceras
subguibalianum (Pia), Crucilobiceras densinodulum (Buckman) and “Oxynoticeras” lymense (Wright) were found.
In the lower part of the Raricostatum Subzone, the ccurrence of Echioceras raricostatoides (Vadász) is a good
correlation key between the N and W of Iberian Peninsula and with other basins of the Northwest European
Province.

This research project has been possible thanks to Research Group 910431: Mesozoic Biotic Proccesses (Complutense University of Madrid).

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