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]