Where: Cuenca, Spain (39.9° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 5.0° N, 12.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Dolomites & Limestones of Cañete Formation, Longobardian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified dolomite and limestone
Size class: microfossils
Collection methods: chemical, acetic
• The material described below is composed of isolated teeth, retrieved from the dissolution of carbonate rocks with 10 per cent acetic acid, and comes from the uppermost member of the CDL Formation of Henarejos section. All specimens are housed in the Museo de Geologia de la Universidad de Valencia (MGUV), Spain.
Primary reference: C. Pla, A. Márquez-Aliaga, and H. Botella. 2013. The Chondrichthyan Fauna from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian)of the Iberian Range (Spain). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33:770-785 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 147013: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 04.07.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Hybodus plicatilis Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch | |
Pseudodalatias henarejensis Botella et al. 2009 elasmobranch |