Palaeoenvironmental analysis based on alluvial ostracod assemblages of the Cenicero section (lower Miocene, NW Ebro Basin)

Authors

  • B. Martínez-García Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU
  • O. Suarez-Hernando Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU
  • J. M. Hernández Fundación Cristina Enea
  • A. Suárez-Bilbao Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU
  • X. Murelaga Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.41729.320

Keywords:

ostracods, micromammals, Palaeoecology, Biostratigraphy, lower Miocene, Ebro basin

Abstract


In this work we perform for the first time a palaeoenvironmental and biostratigraphic analysis of the lower Miocene alluvial deposits of the Cenicero section (NW sector of the Ebro Basin; N Iberian Peninsula), based on the ostracod and micromammal assemblages. One of the main characteristics of this section is the unusual abundance on non-reworked ostracods present in the studied samples compared to other European sequences of similar age and sedimentary environment. This fact has allowed us to develop precise palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. The variations of the identified ostracod assemblages, defined by species such as Cyclocypris laevis, Ilyocypris bradyi, Ilyocypris gibba, Limnocythere sp. or Pseudocandona parallela, record the development of small, ephem-eral and shallow ponds in a distal alluvial and/or floodplain environment. Towards the upper part of the section the ponds appear to be less ephemeral, being the aquatic systems more stable for ostracods development. Variations in the water temperature and salinity have been observed along the section, which are related to changes in the local pluviometric regime. On the other hand, the presence of micromammals in one of the studied samples has allowed the precise dating of this section. Thus, the presence of Armantomys daamsi dates the Cenicero section as Agenian (lower Miocene), local zone Y2 (MN2).

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2015-06-30

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Martínez-García, B., Suarez-Hernando, O., Hernández, J. M., Suárez-Bilbao, A., & Murelaga, X. (2015). Palaeoenvironmental analysis based on alluvial ostracod assemblages of the Cenicero section (lower Miocene, NW Ebro Basin). Estudios Geológicos, 71(1), e024. https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.41729.320

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