Carles Ferràndez-Cañadell

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The Castellón B-1, 2, 3, 4, 11, and 12 cores were studied to establish the precise age and the stratigraphic framework of the Cenozoic offshore sedimentary succession from eastern Iberia. Six stratigraphic units were recognized: (i) a Black Sandstone Unit, (ii) a Red Beds Unit, (iii) the Alcanar Conglomerates, (iv) the Tarraco “Shale,” (v) the Ampo...

Peneroplis peramplus n. sp. and Spirolinella emmae n. gen., n. sp. are described from the early Rupelian of the Ibi section in the Prebetic Range (southeastern Iberia). The former is a Peneroplis species of evolute annular growth with a large bilocular megalospheric embryo. Spirolinella n. gen. is similar to Spirolina, from which it differs by a co...

Peneroplis peramplus n. sp. and Spirolinella emmae n. gen., n. sp. are described from the early Rupelian of the Ibi section in the Prebetic Range (southeastern Iberia). The former is a Peneroplis species of evolute annular growth with a large bilocular megalospheric embryo. Spirolinella n. gen. is similar to Spirolina, from which it differs by a co...

Global sea-level fluctuations with amplitudes of tens of metres and durations between 0.5 and 3 Myr are well known oceanographic events of the Cretaceous Period. During recent years, major Cretaceous changes in accommodation recorded in different basins have been mainly interpreted as eustatically driven. Two episodes of major relative sea-level fa...

Here, we revise and update the biostratigraphy of larger foraminiferal assemblages in three sections of the Priabonian Sanetsch Formation in the Helvetic Nappes of theWestern Swiss Alps: The Sex Rouge (SE) and the Sanetsch Buvette (SA) sections in the Wildhorn Nappe Complex, and the Col des Essets (ETS) section in the most external Morcles Nappe. I...

A partir del estudio de D. archiaci archiaci (Schlumberger, 1903) y D. dispansa ganensis Less, 1987, se presenta en este trabajo el modelo estructural del género Dysocyclina.Se establece la disposición lamelar tridimensional que configura la concha, lo que ha permitido redefinir la terminologia descriptiva adecuándola a la conceptual en lo que se r...

Despite the scarcity of fossil specimens of Theropithecus oswaldi in Eurasia, its presence out of Africa attests to the great dispersal of this Papionini genus during the Early Pleistocene. In the present study, we analyze the buccal dental microwear of T. oswaldi (T. o. leakeyi) fossil specimens from Cueva Victoria (Southeastern Spain). This analy...

Silva-Tamayo et al. (2017) study the Chattian to Langhian carbonate succession of the Siamana Formation in the Cocinetas Basin (La Guajira, Colombia). They identify a change in carbonate factory from mixed photozoan-heterozoan and photozoan associations dominated by corals in the Chattian-early Burdigalian to a heterozoan rhodalgal association i...

I report the first observation of the symbiotic relationship between a serpulid polychaete and a larger foraminifer, Discocyclina, from the Eocene of the Ebro Basin (NE Spain). Discocyclina tests are the larger and most abundant element of the fossil assemblage in a limestone bed within a fan delta series, and seems to be a preferred substrate by t...

The present contribution focuses on the early Miocene mixed carbonate-siliciclastic successions outcropping in northern and southern Falcón Basin (San Luis and Churuguara formations, respectively). The northern San Luis Formation is made up of an 800 meters thick succession of platform carbonates dominated by coralline algae, larger foraminifera an...

Cenozoic marine limestones containing larger foraminifera, corals and coralline algae are a common hydrocarbon reservoir rock. Such reservoirs frequently show complex micritization processes and porosity systems including diagenetic 'chalky' microporosity. In order to gain understanding on the origin of this microporosity, this study characterizes...

This paper presents a geological map and cross-section of the Falcón Basin based both on published and unpublished work and on new data collected in the northern and southern basin margins. The geological map covers an area of 4600 km2 at 1:100,000 scale. The cross-section is oriented NNW-SSE, traversing perpendicular to the main structures. In gen...

The carbonate system studied represents an under-investigated sedimentary record formed in the western end of the Tethys during the Chattian relatively warm climate regime. These platform carbonates are examined with respect to rock fabrics, biostratigraphy, biostratinomy, paleoecology, and sequence stratigraphy. Dominant carbonate producers includ...

This study focuses on an Oligocene succession dominated by larger foraminifera and coralline algae in the Benitatxell Range (Prebetic Domain, southeastern Iberian Peninsula). The foraminiferal assemblage, studied in thin sections, and interpreted as Shallow Benthic Zone 23, late Chattian, includes: Austrotrillina asmariensis, Nephrolepidina spp., E...

DISPERSIONES HUMANAS EN EL PLEISTOCENO INFERIOR EUROPEO luís Gibert beotas*, franCesC ribot trafí, Carles ferràndez Cañadell , GarY r. sCott, alfredo iGlesias diéGuez, florentina sánChez lóPez, fernando González taPia Y maría lería morillo *Autor para correspondencia. lgibert@ub.edu (L. Gibert Beotas). Resumen En este trabajo se discute el signific...

The Fontllonga section is one of the best-known stratigraphic sections wordwide for the study of charophyte biostratigraphy of the Maastrichtian and lower Palaeocene. An updated proposal for the charophyte biostratigraphy of this section is presented after summarizing previous knowledge. The zone of Peckichara cancellata allows the upper Campanian–...

Two Oligo-Miocene outcrops from the northern (San Luis) and southern (Churuguara) Falcón Basin are evaluated as potential analogs of the adjacent Perla Field of the Gulf of Venezuela. The northern flank is characterized by a prograding (few km) delta system interfingering with Lower Miocene carbonate deposits. Six transgressive-regressive sequences...

Oligo-Miocene carbonate ramps dominated by larger foraminifera and red algae constitute important hydrocarbon reservoirs worldwide (i.e., Asmari Formation in SW Iran or the Perla Field in the Gulf of Venezuela). Thus, the study of these characteristic facies in outcrop analogues allows achieving a better reservoir understanding. In the Prebetic Dom...

In the NE part of the Benitatxell Range (Prebetic Domain, SE Spain), a kilometre-scale continuous carbonate strata with larger foraminifera and coralline algae crop out. The association of larger foraminifera is characteristic of Shallow Benthic zone 23, upper Chattian: Austrotrillina asmariensis, Operculina complanata, Heterostegina assilinoides,...

The Middle Miocene Amposta Limestone, formerly defined as Amposta Chalk, is a non-economic hydrocarbon reservoir in the Tarraco Field (Gulf of València). This lithostratigraphic unit is made up of platform carbonates with coralline algae and forms cyclic decametric to metric alternations of rhodolith-rich and rhodolith-poor facies. Other associated...

Oligo-Miocene carbonate ramps dominated by larger foraminifera and red algae constitute important hydrocarbon reservoirs worldwide (i.e., Asmari Formation in SW Iran or the Perla Field in the Gulf of Venezuela). Thus, the study of these characteristic facies in outcrop analogues allows achieving a better reservoir understanding. In the Prebetic Dom...

Cueva Victoria has provided remains of more than 90 species of fossil vertebrates, including a hominin phalanx, and the only specimens of the African cercopithecid Theropithecus oswaldi in Europe. To constrain the age of the vertebrate remains we used paleomagnetism, vertebrate biostratigraphy and (230)Th/U dating. Normal polarity was identified in...

2) Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Department of Petroleum Geoscience, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong BE1410, Brunei Durassalam. (antonino.briguglio@ubd.edu.bn), (3) Universitat de Barcelona, Departament d'Estratigrafia, Paleontologia I Geociències Marines, Martí Franqués, 08028 Barcelona. (carlesferrandez@ub.edu) The foraminiferal subfamily Heterostegini...

The possibility to investigate cell growth and its oscillations through time in Larger Benthic Foraminifera (LBF) by means of Micro Computed Tomography (microCT) is a recent and well known methodology. However, the search for factors of oscillations around undisturbed growth – the latter can be modelled by theoretical growth functions (e.g. Gompert...

Benthic Foraminifera are used in a variety of applications employing numerous different methods, i.e. ecological monitoring, studying the effects of ocean acidification, reconstructing palaeo-bathymetry or investigating palaeo-salinity and palaeo-temperature to name only a few. To refine our understanding of ecological influences on larger benthic...

Resumen En Cueva Victoria se han encontrado dos tipos de primates, el papionino Theropithecus oswa/di y el hominino Horno sp. El primero se definió por un molar inferior deciduo; recientemente, el descubrimiento de 4 nuevos dientes ha per-mitido una clasificación más ajustada como Theropithecus T oswa/di /eakeyi. Los restos de homininos hallados ha...

In the Early Pleistocene locality of Cueva Victoria, the insectivores are represented by several fossil teeth, mandibles and skull fragments. In the present work, we describe and provide measurements of these fossils for the first time. Insectivores show a rather low taxonomic diversity in Cueva Victoria, with only two different species. Considerin...

Recently Toro-Moyano et al. (2013) reported a deciduous tooth from Barranco Leo´n (Spain; BL02-J54-100) and claimed it to be the oldest human fossil in Europe. In that paper, the authors suggest that a previously reported human molar fragment from the same site (BL5-0) was not human but a deciduous molar of Hippopotamus found out of stratigraphic c...

Recently Toro-Moyano et al. (2013) reported a deciduous tooth from Barranco Leo´n (Spain; BL02-J54-100) and claimed it to be the oldest human fossil in Europe. In that paper, the authors suggest that a previously reported human molar fragmentfrom the same site (BL5-0) was not human but a deciduous molar of Hippopotamus found out of stratigraphic co...

Cueva Victoria is a karst-infilling site with early Pleistocene vertebrate fossil remains. It was discovered in the first half of the XXth century by mining explotation. The fossil record of Cueva Victoria is exceptional because of its large biodiversity and because it is the only locality in Europe where the African primate Theropithecus oswaldi o...

The vertebrate fossils from Cueva Victoria are found in the sediment that infilled karstic cavities during the Early Pleistocene. The sediment, part of an alluvial fan developed on the slopes of San Ginés Hill, penetrated through at least three subvertical entrances. The infilling was relatively rapid and continuous until it filled up the cave. Lat...

During the campaigns in Cueva Victoria in 2009, 2010 and 2011, the installation of a scaffold allowed a precise excavation of in situ material. The excavation was performed in two locations at the top of the fossiliferous breccia with an exceptional accumulation of fossil remains, with densities of up to 854 bones/m3. Before extraction, 3D coordina...

We studied 36 plates and bones from Cueva Victoria (Murcia), which belong to several individuals of a taxon of terrestrial turtle. From these remains, we would estimate the morphology of its caparace and plastron, and assign them to Chersine hermanni. We found no aquatic turtles, such as Mauremys leprosa or Emys orbicularis, which are typical speci...

At Cueva Victoria, two types of primates have been found, the papionin Theropithecus oswaldi and the hominin Homo sp. The former was initially identified by a deciduous molar; recently, the discovery of 4 new teeth has allowed a more accurate classification as T. T. oswaldi leakeyi. Of the second, only one intermediate phalanx of the V finger of th...

A revision is made on the taxa from the faunal assemblage of Cueva Victoria not included in this monograph and that either are to be studied or need a revision, such as the ovibovini, the mustelids, the marine mammals (Monachus sp., cetacean indet.), or the porcupines (Hystrix sp.). Also, some cites on the presence of certain taxa in Cueva Victoria...

Sedimentological and palaeontological analyses were performed on a kilometre-scale continuous carbonate rock exposure with larger foraminifera and coralline algae from the Benitatxell Range in the Prebetic Domain (SE Iberian Peninsula). Similar and coeval bio- and lithofacies found worldwide constitute important hydrocarbon systems such as the Asma...

The sedimentary basins from the northern South American margin contain the major oil reserves of America. These hydrocarbon reserves are comparable to those of the Middle East. The Falcón Basin is a poorly studied example of an oblique collision-related basin, formed during the Cenozoic in the northwestern Venezuela, which was inverted during the M...

Platform carbonates of Oligocene-Miocene age are important hydrocarbon reservoirs in e.g. Iran, China, Indonesia and Philippines. To better understand rock heterogeneities and the stratal architecture in such carbonate reservoirs, the Upper Oligocene to Early Miocene syn-rift sedimentary succession from the northern Falcón Basin (onshore Venezuela)...

The sedimentary basins from the northern South American margin contain the major oil reserves of America, comparable to those of the Middle East. The Falcón Basin is a poorly studied example of an oblique collision-related basi, formed during the Oligocene - Lower Miocene in the northwestern Venezuela, which was inverted during the Middle Miocene t...

In foraminifera, so-called ‘‘double tests’’ usually arise due to abnormal growth originating mainly from twinning, but may also be caused by irregularities in the early chambers and by regeneration after test injury that modifies the direction of growth. A fourth cause of double tests has only rarely been reported: the fusion of the tests of two ad...

Three-dimensional models of fossil foraminifera by Lukas Hottinger». This work focuses on the relationship between art and science, from the point of view of scientific illustration as a popularisation tool. Professor Lukas Hottinger (1923-2011) was an expert on a group of microorganisms, foraminifera. He was a creative and prolific scientist, high...

The paleoecology of Paleogene hermatypic corals has been traditionally interpreted on actualistic grounds. They have been considered to live, like their recent counterparts, in conditions of clear, shallow, oligotrophic and high energy water, building patch reefs or fringing reefs. Recent studies have shown that most Paleogene coral buildups and so...

Priabonian coral buildups developing in mixed carbonate-siliciclastic-sedimentation system

Abstract The paleoecology of Paleogene hermatypic corals has been traditionally interpreted on actualistic grounds. They have been considered to live, like their recent counterparts, in conditions of clear, shallow, oligotrophic and high energy water, building patch reefs or fringing reefs. Recent studies have shown that most Paleogene coral buildu...

A wealth of data on the morphology, biostratigraphy, and paleogeography of Paleogene larger benthic foraminifera (LBF) is available. The taxonomic and stratigraphic revision of the most diverse groups of LBFs (nummulitids, alveolinids, orthophragmines) in the 1970-1980 produced the Tethyan SBZ (Shallow Benthics Zonation) zonation. Recent developmen...

A wealth of data on the morphology, biostratigraphy, and paleogeography of Paleogene larger benthic foraminifera (LBF) is available. The taxonomic and stratigraphic revision of the most diverse groups of LBFs (nummulitids, alveolinids, orthophragmines) in the 1970-1980 produced the Tethyan SBZ (Shallow Benthics Zonation) zonation. Recent developmen...

An analysis of multispiral growth in Eocene nummulitids was performed. The ontogeny of some multispiral specimens was reconstructed, quantified and modeled, and the occurrence of multispiral growth in the different Nummulites and Assilina species has been reviewed. The results showed that all larger species display multispiral growth. In Nummulites...

The main function of tests in Larger Benthic Foraminifera (LBF) is to provide their endosymbiotic algae with enough light to obtain net photosynthetic rates and to create sufficient accommodation space. To study the relation between these two factors and to understand how the cell reacts to growth and to the environment, the newly developed techniq...

Ever since the beginning of studies on Foraminifera, teratologies and aberrant forms of Larger Benthic Foraminifera (LBF) tests have been observed. Among the broad diversity of morphologic deviations the most frequent are represented by the following four types: 1) pluriembrional apparatii (which may generate one or more growth planes); 2) abnormal...

Cueva Victoria is a karstic site rich in vertebrate remains. The magnetostratigraphic and biostratigraphic data indicate an Early Pleistocene age. The presence of Homo and Theropithecus makes Cueva Victoria a key site to understand the migrations routes of macromammals during the Early Pleistocene. As shown by several types of evidence, the cave wa...

Nummulites, a particularly abundant and diverse genus of larger benthonic foraminifera, formed huge accumulations (banks) during the Eocene, which are often good hydrocarbon reservoirs, especially in North Africa. Despite their economical interest, these accumulations are not well-understood and their origin is still under discussion. Reasons for t...

During the Eocene Nummulites formed huge accumulations (banks) whose origin is still debated. The depositional processes that produced the Nummulites deshayesi banks near Santa María de Buil, in the Ainsa Basin (South Pyrenean Foreland Basin), are interpreted considering the banks shape, the type of bounding surfaces, the distribution of sedimentar...

For the first time unequivocal fossil remains of a green toad (Bufo viridis s.l.) are described in the Iberian Peninsula. The fossils come from the Cueva Victoria site, a late Early Pleistocene (ca. 1.1–1.2 Ma) karstic filling in semi-arid southeastern Spain (Murcia region). By extension, other remains from two other Early Pleistocene Spanish local...

Cretaceous charophytes and Palaeocene larger foraminifera are facies-linked microfossils used to perform biostratigraphic correlation between distant basins, in Eurasia (charophytes) or the whole Tethys (larger foraminifera). The capability of these organisms for dispersal and colonization is analysed and appears to be dependent both on palaeoecolo...

Cueva Victoria is a karstic site rich in vertebrate remains. The magnetostratigraphic and biostratigraphic data indicate an Early Pleistocene age. The presence of Homo and Theropithecus makes Cueva Victoria a key site to understand the migrations routes of macromammals during the Early Pleistocene. As shown by several types of evidence, the cave wa...

Lakadongia indica n. gen., n. sp. erected by Matsumaru and Jauhri (2003) is a junior synonym of Setia tibetica Ferràndez-Cañadell 2002. The genus Lakadongia is based on ambiguous characters and misinterpretation of oblique sections, and it is considered invalid. The postulated evolutionary relationship of these Paleocene orbitoidiform foraminifera...

Foraminifera are usually between 0.1 and 1 mm in size, thus falling within the range of the largest eukaryotic cells. However, some fossil and extant foraminiferal species reach diameters of more than 100 mm. One hypothesis of how these gigantic sizes could have been attained by these unicellular organisms is the temporary compartmentalization of c...

This work describes the Caniozoic larger foraminifers from Dominican Republic and discuses their biostratigraphic application to the construction of a lithostratigraphic framework. We have differentiated the following associations: a. Ranikothalia bermudezi and Neodiscocyclina grimsdalei, which characterizes the Late Paleocene (Thanetian). B. Eocon...

The Barranco de Orce (BO) section in the Baza basin (SE Spain) exposes several fossiliferous layers (O-1 to O-7) with Plio–Pleistocene micro- and macromammals. Biostratigraphic and magnetostratigraphic data from this and other sections in the basin have been extensively used to calibrate the Plio–Pleistocene chronology based on mammal biozonations....

The Barranco de Orce (130) section in the Baza basin (SE Spain) exposes several fossiliferous layers (O-1 to O-7) with Plio-Pleistocene micro- and macromammals. Biostratigraphic and magnetostratigraphic data from this and other sections in the basin have been extensively used to calibrate the Plio-Pleistocene chronology based on mammal biozonations...

Resumen En este trabajo se describe la historia geológica de la cavidad, la formación de la brecha fosilífera, la edad de la fauna y la naturaleza humana de la falange CV-0 comparándola con las de Theropithecus. Summary This work describes the geological history of Cueva Victoria including the formation of the fossiliferous breccia, and the age of...

In the southeastern Ebro Foreland Basin, the marine deposits of Lutetian and Bartonian age show excellent outcrop conditions, with a great lateral and horizontal continuity of lithostratigraphic units. In addition, the rich fossil record -mainly larger foraminifers-, provides iostratigraphic data of regional relevance for the whole Paleogene Pyrene...

The stratigraphic basis of this work has allowed the use of larger foraminifers in the biostratigraphic characterisation of the new Shallow Benthic Zones (SBZ). This part of the volume presents a description of the sedimentary cycles formed by the transgressive-regressive systems of the Lutetian and Bartonian in the southeastern sector of the Ebro...

The chronostratigraphy of the middle Eocene–upper Eocene successions of the southeastern Pyrenean foreland basin has been revised by [Taberner et al. (1999)][1]. This contribution was based on the correlation of the magnetic polarity stratigraphy (MPS) for several partial stratigraphic sections