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Foramanifera and biostratigraphy of the Valdeteja Formation stratotype (Carboniferous, Cantabrian Zone, NW Spain)

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The Valdeteja Formation is a lithostratigraphic unit of essentially Bashkirian age widely distributed through the Cantabrian Zone (Iberian Massif, NW Spain). It consists mainly of limestones with subordinate limestone breccias and some marly intercalations, deposited in shallow carbonate platforms and in the adjacent slope and basin settings (see Eichmüller, 1985). Its considerable thickness, rather continuous stratigraphic record and large lateral extent in the Cantabrian Zone have attracted the attention of geologists who have carried out a number of studies dealing with the palaeontological content, sedimentology, and palaeogeography of this formation. In spite of these diverse investigation, the precise age of the Valdeteja Formation, particularly the age of several fossiliferous beds defined at its stratotype, as well as the age of the top of the formation, remain obscure.

This paper studies the foraminifera (mainly fusulinoideans) yielded by several beds throughout the type-section. The biostratigraphic information provided by these faunas allows us to establish the age of the mentioned beds in terms of the Russian stratigraphic scale. It confirms an early Moscovian age for the top of the type section, a matter of discussion for a very long time. Moreover, this research may have general interest in Carboniferous stratigraphy since it provides data on the fusulinoidean assemblages existing in western Europe during Bashkirian time, an interval containing a rather poor fossil record in this part of Eurasia.

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Villa, E., de Sánchez Posada, L.C., Fernández, L.P. et al. Foramanifera and biostratigraphy of the Valdeteja Formation stratotype (Carboniferous, Cantabrian Zone, NW Spain). Facies 45, 59–86 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02668105

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