CAC6. Bucaco Syncline (Ordovician of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (40.0° N, 8.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 80.2° S, 25.0° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Glyptograptus teretiusculus graptolite zone, Fonte da Horta Formation, Dobrotivian (461.0 - 459.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified mudstone and lithified sandstone

• Mudstones with occasional interbedded sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: T. P. Young. 1985. The stratigraphy of the Upper Ordovician of central Portugal. University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 193328: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 11.05.2018

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Plaesiacomia oehlerti Kerforne 1900 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
"Neseuretus (Neseuretus) tristani" = Neseuretus tristani
"Neseuretus (Neseuretus) tristani" = Neseuretus tristani Brongniart in Desmarest 1817 trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Crozonaspis struvei, "Eodalmanitina destombesi" = Mucronaspis destombesi
Crozonaspis struvei Henry 1968 trilobite
"Eodalmanitina destombesi" = Mucronaspis destombesi Henry 1965 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Ectillaenus sp. Salter 1867 trilobite
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida -
 Palaeocopida - Bolliidae
? Bollia sp. Jones and Holl 1886 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Aechminidae
"? Parapyxion simplex" = Vogdesella
"? Parapyxion simplex" = Vogdesella ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Tetradellidae
 Palaeocopida - Quadrijugatoridae
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Heterorthidae
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida -
Bellerophontoidea indet. M'Coy 1851 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
 Nuculida - Praenuculidae
"Praeleda costae" = Praenucula costae
"Praeleda costae" = Praenucula costae Sharpe 1853 clam