“…Several studies have suggested that the late Pliensbachian is characterised by cooler seawater and atmospheric temperatures. This is evidenced by oxygen isotope data and Mg/Ca ratios in sections in Algeria (Baghli et al, 2020), Portugal (Oliveira et al, 2006;Suan et al, 2008Suan et al, , 2010, Spain (Rosales et al, 2004a(Rosales et al, , 2004b(Rosales et al, , 2006(Rosales et al, , 2018Quesada et al, 2005;van de Schootbrugge et al, 2005;Gómez et al, 2016;Val et al, 2017), United Kingdom (Bailey et al, 2003;Korte and Hesselbo, Fig. 9.…”