Original paper
Late Viséan (Early Carboniferous) ammonoid biostratigraphy in the Culm Group of the Riotinto-Nerva Mining Basin (Huelva, Spain)
Ramírez-Muñoz, Román; Collantes, Luis; Mayoral, Eduardo; Korn, Dieter
Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen Band 315 Heft 1 (2025), p. 99 - 108
45 references
published: Jul 25, 2025
published online: Jul 3, 2025
manuscript accepted: May 31, 2025
manuscript received: Mar 18, 2025
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/1268
ArtNo. ESP155031501008, Price: 29.00 €
Abstract
Two stratigraphic sections of the South Portuguese Zone in the vicinity of Nerva in Huelva Province (southwestern Spain) yielded assemblages of ammonoids from the late Viséan. The fossils originate from the Culm Group of the Iberian Pyrite Belt. Three taxa are represented: Goniatites cf. amarensis Korn & Ebbighausen, 2025, G. sphaericus (Sowerby, 1814), and G. spirifer Roemer, 1850. Other fossils include the bivalve Posidonia becheri Bronn, 1828 and fragmented plant remains. The ammonoid-bearing strata are assigned to the Goniatites crenistria, G. sphaericus, and G. spirifer zones. The ammonoid biostratigraphy of the studied stratigraphic sections correlates with that of the Baixo Alentejo Flysch Group and the South Portuguese Domain of the South Portuguese Zone.
Keywords
Ammonoidea • Iberian Pyrite Belt • Mértola Formation • Riotinto-Nerva Mining Basin • Baixo Alentejo Flysch Group