Santa Mera - El Puntal, Bed No. 140 (Santa Mera) (Jurassic of Spain)

Where: Asturias, Spain (43.5° N, 5.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 9.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dumortieria pseudoradiosa ammonoid zone, Santa Mera Member (Rodiles Formation), Levesquei (182.0 - 175.6 Ma)

• Dumortieria levesquei 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 limestone

• marly and micritic limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

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 110396: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Adam Kocsis on 07.06.2011

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
 Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae