Research paper
Late Quaternary marine ostracods of the Basque Basin (S Bay of Biscay): taxonomy and distribution
JULIO RODRÍGUEZ-LÁZARO
Department of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country UPV/ EHU, Box 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain. julio.rodriguez@ehu.eus
Corresponding author
BLANCA MARTÍNEZ-GARCÍA
Paseo Ramón Pelayo 12, 19, 39710 Solares, Cantabria, Spain. blancamaria.martinez@ehu.eus
MAITE MARTÍN-RUBIO
Department of Mining & Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering of Bilbao, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Paseo Rafael Moreno Pitxitxi, 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain. maite.martin@ehu.eus
ANA PASCUAL
Department of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country UPV/ EHU, Box 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain. ana.pascual@ehu.eus
ZELTIA VARELA
Department of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country UPV/ EHU, Box 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain. zeltia.varela@ehu.eus
ABSTRACT
Late Quaternary taxonomy and ecologic and age distributions of ostracods from the Basque Basin (S Bay of Biscay) are described. More than forty-four thousands ostracod specimens have been obtained from one hundred surface samples and core samples from six cores located in shelf and upper bathyal depths and other infrabathyal core as comparative deep reference. A total of 155 species have been taxonomically described, belonging to 67 genera. Most characteristic species (123) have been SEM figured, and ecologic-geographic distributions and ages have been provided for all species. The resulting database will be a useful help for palaeoceanographic and palaeoclimatologic studies of the region.
Key words: Ostracod taxonomy, distribution, Late Quaternary, Basque Basin, Bay of Biscay.
How to cite: Rodríguez-Lázaro, J., Martínez-García, B., Martín-Rubio, M., Pascual, A. & Varela, Z. 2018. Late Quaternary marine ostracods of the Basque Basin (S Bay of Biscay): taxonomy and distribution. Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, 33 (1), 139-184.
Received 27 October 2017, Accepted 10 April 2018, Published 30 June 2018
https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.33.1.13247
