Colunga, Asturias, Co-3/6 (Triassic of Spain)

Where: Spain (43.5° N, 5.3° W: paleocoordinates 30.0° N, 3.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Solis Member (Gijon Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified dolomite

• The carbonates of the SolĂ­s Member are organized in shallowing-upward sequences composed of a lower unit of subtidal carbonates (locally bioturbated) that occasionally contain bivalve-rich shell layers.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Material housed at the University of Valencia Geology Museum (MGUV), with the following collection numbers: MGUV 3705 to 3752 and 4359 to 4500.

Primary reference: A. Marquez-Aliaga, S. Damborenea, J.J. Gomez and A. Goy. 2010. Bivalves from the Triassic-Jurassic transition in northern Spain (Asturias and western Basque-Cantabrian Basin). Ameghiniana 47(2):185-205 [M. Aberhan/D. Wellmanns/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 114567: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Daniel Wellmanns on 17.08.2011

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Pteromya cf. crowcombeia Moore 1861 clam