Fauna IV, Mbr. 4 of Luesma Fmn., Guadarrama (Silurian to of Spain)

Where: Guadalajara, Spain (40.4° N, 3.7° W: paleocoordinates 51.3° S, 35.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Al-4 Member (Alcolea Formation), Pridoli to Pridoli (423.0 - 393.3 Ma)

• "The presence of eosteinhornensis s.l. Biozone conodonts well 400 m below the first fauna described here [i.e. fauna I] confines the pre-Devonian faunas [i.e. I-III and part of IV] to the latest Silurian." "probably the S-D boundary is situated withihn [fauna IV]" Material from fauna IV from float, so hard to place stratigraphically.

Environment/lithology: marine; silty sandstone and sandy shale

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 13929: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 03.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Bivalvia
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"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Grammysia sp. de Verneuil 1847 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pteronitella sp. Billings 1874 oyster
Actinopteria sp. Hall 1884 oyster
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanellidae indet. Schuchert 1913
"unidentified dalmanellid V"
 Orthida - Platyorthidae
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
"Camarotoechia nucula" = Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula
"Camarotoechia nucula" = Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula Sowerby 1839
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia sp.B Hall and Clarke 1892
 Strophomenida - Shaleriidae
Shaleria sp. Caster 1939
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Homalonotidae indet. Chapman 1890 trilobite