West Rodiles - Lastres, Bed No. 27 (Both) (Jurassic of Spain)

Where: Asturias, Spain (43.5° N, 5.3° W: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 7.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Santa Mera Member (Rodiles Formation), Spinatum (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• Pleuroceras Hawskerense subzone

•In the coast outcrops, almost all of the levels have a remarkable lateral continuity and can be recognized in the whole studied area, between Gijón and Ribadesella.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. García Joral and A. Goy. 2009. Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) brachiopods in Asturias (northern Spain): stratigraphic distribution, critical events and palaeobiogeography. Geobios 42:255-264 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/A. Kocsis]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 110352: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Adam Kocsis on 07.06.2011

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Gibbirhynchia cantabrica García Joral and Goy 2009