Taphonomy and palaeoecology in the upper Barremian of the SW Iberian chain (Spain): A model to compare taxonomy and diversity of biotas from different coeval basins

A detailed study of the floral and faunal diversity of an upper Barremian lentic ecosystem was performed by examining 50,000 microfossils. The study provides an assemblage of 41 species of charophytes, spermatophytes, ostracods, molluscs, and vertebrates (including eggshells). The main goal of this study is to reconstruct the palaeoecology of a fluvio-lacustrine and associated carbonate depositional system, by integrating the sedimentology,...