Comment on “Calpionellid distribution and microfacies across the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary in western Cuba (Sierra de los Órganos)” by López-Martínez et al. (2013)

Reply to the Comment of A. Pszczółkowski on “Calpionellid distribution and microfacies across the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary in western Cuba (Sierra de los Órganos)” by López-Martínez et al. (2013)

“…As Pszczółkowski (2013) clearly explains, no more detailed description of the unit was made in López-Martínez et al (2013), due to the fact that earlier works characterized the El Americano Member (Houša & Nuez 1972;Pszczółkowski 1978;Myczyński & Pszczółkowski 1990;Pszczółkowski 1999;Cobiella-Reguera & Olóriz 2009;Pszczółkowski & Myczyński 2010;Iturralde-Vinent & Pszczółkowski 2011). Nonetheless, the description in López-Martínez et al (2013) took into account all the necessary aspects for its recognition, including the presence of ammonites and calpionellids; only the attribute "dark-grey to black limestones" was not specified.…”

The proposal of a GSSP for the Berriasian Stage (Cretaceous System): Part 2

“…In the last ten years the work of the Berriasian group, focussed solely on the search for a GSSP, has greatly expanded our knowledge and the data we can bring to bear on the age-old J/K boundary problem, as the literature derived from the group, and a wider circle of comrades, bears witness (Guzhikov, Baraboshkin, 2008;Wimbledon, 2008Wimbledon, , 2014Wimbledon, , 2017Boughdiri et al, 2009;Michalík et al, 2009Michalík et al, , 2016Pessagno et al, 2009;Pszczółkowski, 2009Pszczółkowski, , 2013Pszczółkowski, , 2016Reháková et al, 2009Reháková et al, , 2011Rogov, Zakharov, 2009;Ben Abdesselam-Mahdaoui et al, 2010Casellato, 2010;Channell et al, 2010;Dzyuba, 2010Dzyuba, , 2012Dzyuba, , 2013Grabowski, 2010;Grabowski et al, 2010aGrabowski et al, , b, 2014Grabowski et al, , 2016Grabowski et al, , 2019Lukeneder et al, 2010;Pruner et al, 2010;Rogov, 2010;Harding et al, 2011;Kietzmann et al, 2011Kietzmann et al, , 2018aMichalík, Reháková, 2011;Pestchevitskaya et al, 2011;Sallouhi et al, 2011;Wimbledon et al, 2011Wimbledon et al, , 2013Wimbledon et al, , 2016Wimbledon et al, , 2017Wimbledon et al, , 2020aŽák et al, 2011;Arkad'ev et al, 2012Arkad'ev et al, , 2015Benzaggagh et ...…”

Salinites grossicostatum (Imlay, 1939) and S. finicostatum sp. nov. from the latest Tithonian (Late Jurassic) of northeastern Mexico

“…Myczyński (1989) assigned Cuban Salinites-bearing beds from the El Americano Member to the latest Tithonian-early middle Berriasian (upper Crassicollaria and/or Calpionella zones). Nevertheless, the precise age of the sediments is debated (see Pszczółkowski, 2013).…”