000170118 001__ 170118 000170118 005__ 20260318155255.0 000170118 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.cretres.2025.106274 000170118 0248_ $$2sideral$$a148660 000170118 037__ $$aART-2025-148660 000170118 041__ $$aeng 000170118 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-2430-7424$$aAurell, Marcos$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000170118 245__ $$aReply to comment made by Suarez-Gonzalez et al. on “Latest Jurassic-Early Cretaceous synrift evolution of the Torrelapaja Subbasin (Cameros Basin): Implications for Northeast Iberia palaeogeography” by Aurell et al. (Cretaceous Research 128 (2021) 104997) 000170118 260__ $$c2025 000170118 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000170118 5203_ $$aAurell et al. (2021) documented the Tithonian-Albian evolution of the Torrelapaja Subbasin (Cameros Basin, Spain) by defining three synrift sequences (SS), and highlighting new paleogeographic implications for northeast Iberia. The comment by Suarez-Gonzalez et al. (2025) expresses concern that our work challenges several established assumptions and interpretations by their research group. This Reply systematically addresses the three main points of scientific controversy raised in that comment: (1) The correlation between the Torrelapaja Formation (SS-2) and the Enciso Group of the Hauterivian-Barremian, further supported by recent cyclostratigraphic results that contradict the traditionally accepted Aptian age; (2) The mid-Albian age of the oyster-rich beds of the Torrelapaja Subbbasin (SS-3) and its assignment to the Escucha Formation, an interpretation consistent with regional stratigraphic and structural data; (3) The only northern source to explain the marine incursions in the Torrelapaja Subbasin, which best fits the facies distribution observed in the northern marginal zones of the Maestrazgo Basin during the Aptian-Albian. In particular, we show that the alternative proposal of a seaway connecting the Cameros and Maestrazgo basins during the early Aptian emphasized in Suarez-Gonzalez et al. (2025) is not supported by the available data. 000170118 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/RYC2023-044333-I$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/E18$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/E32-23R$$9nfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/JDC2022-048348-I$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PID2021-122612OB-I00$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PID2023-148949NB-I00 000170118 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess$$aAll rights reserved$$uhttp://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 000170118 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 000170118 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-1112-524X$$aBádenas, Beatriz$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000170118 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-3950-1630$$aCastanera, Diego$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000170118 700__ $$aGasca, José M. 000170118 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-1732-9155$$aCanudo, José I.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000170118 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-1954-6180$$aLaita, Elisa 000170118 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-9130-117X$$aLiesa, Carlos L.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000170118 7102_ $$12000$$2655$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Ciencias de la Tierra$$cÁrea Paleontología 000170118 7102_ $$12000$$2280$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Ciencias de la Tierra$$cÁrea Estratigrafía 000170118 7102_ $$12000$$2428$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Ciencias de la Tierra$$cÁrea Geodinámica Interna 000170118 773__ $$g181 (2025), 106274 [6 pp.]$$pCretac. res.$$tCretaceous Research$$x0195-6671 000170118 8564_ $$s359821$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/170118/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yPostprint$$zinfo:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2027-12-15 000170118 8564_ $$s1473903$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/170118/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yPostprint$$zinfo:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2027-12-15 000170118 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:170118$$particulos$$pdriver 000170118 951__ $$a2026-03-18-13:52:40 000170118 980__ $$aARTICLE