Upper Bedoulian Formation

The Upper Bedoulian Formation is a geological formation in the Murcia Region, Spain whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous (late Barremian to early Aptian stage). The marls were deposited in an open marine environment. The lower unit (30 metres (98 ft) thick) is marly with iron concretions and septaria.[1]

Upper Bedoulian Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Barremian-early Aptian ~122–118 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Overlies	Lower Bedoulian Formation
Lithology
Primary	Marl
Other	Iron concretions
Location
Coordinates	38.4°N 1.3°W / 38.4; -1.3
Approximate paleocoordinates	28.5°N 8.0°E / 28.5; 8.0
Region	Solana del Sopalmo, Murcia
Country	Spain
Extent	Pre-Betic Basin
Type section
Named for	Bedoulian, an unofficial subdivision of the Aptian
Upper Bedoulian Formation (Spain) Show map of Spain Upper Bedoulian Formation (Murcia) Show map of Murcia

The formation was deposited in the Pre-Betic Basin in southeastern Spain. During deposition, Iberia was an island, separated by seas from North Africa and France.

The Upper Bedoulian Formation has provided very few fossils; the ammonite Dufrenoyia dufrenoyi and the coral Montlivaltia multiformis.[2]

Correlation

Early Cretaceous stratigraphy of Iberia

Ma	Age	Paleomap \ Basins	Cantabrian	Olanyà	Cameros	Maestrazgo	Oliete	Galve	Morella	South Iberian	Pre-betic	Lusitanian
100	Cenomanian		La Cabana	Sopeira	Utrillas		Mosquerela					Caranguejeira
			Altamira		Utrillas
			Eguino
125	Albian		Ullaga - Balmaseda	Lluçà						Traiguera
			Monte Grande		Escucha		Escucha			Jijona
			Itxina - Miono
	Aptian		Valmaseda - Tellamendi		Ol Gp. - Castrillo	Benassal		Benassal				Olhos
				Font	En Gp. - Leza	Morella/Oliete	Oliete	Villaroya	Morella	Capas Rojas		Almargem
			Patrocinio - Ernaga	Senyús	En Gp. - Jubela	Forcall				Villaroya	Upper Bedoulian	Figueira
	Barremian		Vega de Pas	Cabó	Abejar	Xert	Alacón	Xert		Huérguina		Assises
				Prada		Artoles				Collado	Moutonianum	Papo Seco
				Rúbies	Tera Gp. - Golmayo	Alacón/Blesa	Blesa	Camarillas	Mirambel
150	Hauterivian				Ur Gp. - Pinilla	Llacova		Castellar	Tera Gp. - Pinilla	Villares		Porto da Calada
							hiatus
						Huerva			Gaita
	Valanginian		Villaro		Ur Gp. - Larriba				Ped Gp. - Hortigüela
					Ped Gp. - Hortigüela				Ped Gp. - Piedrahita
					Peñacoba			Galve		Miravetes
	Berriasian		Cab Gp. - Arcera		Valdeprado	hiatus		Alfambra
					TdL Gp. - Rupelo			Arzobispo	hiatus	Tollo
					On Gp. - Huérteles Sierra Matute
	Tithonian		Lastres		Tera Gp. - Magaña		Higuereles			Tera Gp. - Magaña		Lourinhã
									Arzobispo
					Ágreda
Legend		Major fossiliferous, oofossiliferous, ichnofossiliferous, coproliferous, minor formation
Sources

See also

• La Huérguina Formation, Barremian-Aptian Lagerstätte of the South Iberian Basin
• Arcillas de Morella Formation, Barremian-Aptian formation of the Morella Basin
• Xert Formation, Barremian-Aptian formation of the Maestrazgo Basin

References

1. Upper Bedoulian Formation at Fossilworks.org
2. Morycowa et al., 2001, p.139

Bibliography

• Morycowa, E.; J.P. Masse; C. Arias, and L. Vilas. 2001. Montlivaltia multiformis Toula (Scleractinia) from the Aptian of the Prebetic Domain (SE Spain). Revista Espanola de Paleontologia 16. 131-144. Accessed 2019-10-10.