Fauna d1a-beta, Luesma Fmn., E. Iberian Chains (Silurian to of Spain)

Where: Spain (41.6° N, 0.9° W: paleocoordinates 62.8° S, 47.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: d1a Member (Luesma Formation), Ludlow to Ludlow (427.4 - 419.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• Formation as a whole: "215 m thick, mainly quartzites and shales, accessory components being oolitic iron ores, phosphoritic intraformational conglomerates, microconglomerates, impure sandstones and arenaceous shelly limestones.."

•This member: "...thick-bedded white medium-grained quartzite with large cross-bedding..."

Primary reference: P. Carls. 1977. Spain. in A. Martisson, ed. The Silurian-Devonian boundary (IUGS, Series A, Number 5). Schweizerbarth'sche, Stuttgart. 143-158 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13919: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 03.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanellidae indet.
Dalmanellidae indet. Schuchert 1913
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonellidae indet.
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella sp.M
Howellella sp.M Kozlowski 1946
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia sp.
Leptostrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetidae indet.
Chonetidae indet. Bronn 1862
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp.
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria sp.
Actinopteria sp. Hall 1884 oyster