Pulchellia (Heinzia) caicedi (Karsten, 1856)

Remarks

• Collector:    Emmanuel Pénagé

• Formation:  Late Early Barremian rocks (section #062)

• Location:     Vallon de Saint Martin, Escragnolles, Alpes Maritimes (06), southeastern France

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• 1856 Ammonites caicedi Karsten
• 1886 Ammonites caicedi Karsten; Karsten
• 1884 Ammonites saunieri Torcapel
• 1887 Pulchellia aff. lindigi Karsten; Uhlig
• 1890 Pulchellia ouachensis Coquand; Sayn
• 1897 Pulchellia caicedi Karsten; Gerhardt
• 1900 Pulchellia provincialis d'Orbigny; Simionescu
• 1903 Pulchellia kiliani Hyatt
• 1956 Pulchellia (Caicedia) caicedi (Karsten); Bürgl
• 1956 Pulchellia (Caicedia) royoi Bürgl
• 1966 Carstenia caicedi (Karsten); Breskovski
• 1967 Carstenia caicedi (Karsten); Dimitrova
• 1980 Pulchellia (Heinzia) caicedi (Karsten); Vermeulen
• 1980 Pulchellia (Heinzia) provincialis (d'Orbigny); Thomel
• 1980 Pulchellia (Heinzia) caicedi (Karsten); Vermeulen
• 1994 Heinzia aff. lindigi (Karsten); Cecca & Pallini
• 1995 Pulchellia (Heinzia) provincialis (d'Orbigny); Cecca
• 1995 Pulchellia (Heinzia) aff. lindigi (Karsten); Cecca & Pallini
• 1996 Pulchellia caicedi (Karsten); Vermeulen
• 1996 Pulcheillia (Pulchellia) caicedi (Karsten); Wright, Callomon & Howarth
• 1997 Pulchellia caicedi (Karsten); Vermeulen
• 1998 Pulchellia caicedi (Karsten); Vermeulen
• 1998 Pulchellia caicedi (Karsten); Vermeulen
• 1999 Pulchellia cf. caicedi (Karsten); Avram
• 1999 Nicklesia communis (Bürgl); Patarroyo Gama
• 2001 Pulchellia gr. caicedi (Karsten); Bert & Delanoy
• 2002 Heinzia caicedi (Karsten); Vermeulen

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Late Early Barremian rocks of Algeria
• Late Early Barremian rocks of Bulgaria
• Late Early Barremian rocks of Colombia
• Late Early Barremian rocks of southeastern France
• Late Early Barremian rocks of Hungary
• Late Early Barremian rocks of Morocco
• Late Early Barremian rocks of Romania
• Late Early Barremian rocks of southern Spain

Age

• Pulchellia caicedi (Karsten) appears to be restricted to the latest Early Barremian Stage (~121 mya).

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

• Algeria
• Bulgaria
• Colombia
• France
• Hungary
• Morocco
• Romania
• Spain

Remarks

         For descriptions and photos, see:

• Vermeulen, J.  1996.  Origine, Classification et Évolution des Pulchelliinae (Douvillé) 1911 emend.  Vermeulen 1995 (Pulchelliidae, Endemocerataceae, Ammonoidea).  Géologie Alpine 72; plate 3, fig's 4 and 5.

• Vermeulen, J.  1997.  Ammonite Horizons in the Barremian of South-East France (from the Hugii Zone to the Sartousiana Zone).  Géologie Alpine 73; plate 3, fig's 8 and 9.

• Vermeulen, J.  2002.  Étude Stratigraphique et Paléontologique de la Famille des Pulchelliidae (Ammonoidea, Ammonitina, Endemocerataceae).  Géologie Alpine, Mémoire H. S. 42, 165–167; plate 1 fig. 5; plate 45, fig's 1–10; and plate 46, fig's 1–10.