Montral and Alcover Quarries (MSB) (Triassic of Spain)

Where: Spain (41.3° N, 1.1° E: paleocoordinates 5.0° N, 14.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Muschelkalk Formation, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, fine-grained dolomite

• Thermal subsidence phase following initial rifting
• Laminated dolomicrite

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Museo Geológico del Seminario de Barcelona

Primary reference: L. L. Beltan. 1972. La faune Ichthyologique du Muschelkalk de la Catalogne. Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias y Artes XLI:281-325 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 149852: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 28.08.2013, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Coelacanthimorpha
 Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanthidae
Alcoveria brevis n. gen. n. sp.
Alcoveria brevis n. gen. n. sp. Beltan 1972 coelacanth
M140A-B, M123a-b, M20a-b
Osteichthyes
 Parasemionotiformes - Parasemionotidae
Parasemionotus sp.1, Parasemionotus villaltai n. sp.
Parasemionotus sp.1 Piveteau 1929 ray-finned fish
M141
Parasemionotus villaltai n. sp. Beltan 1972 ray-finned fish
M104a-b
 Ionoscopiformes - Subortichthyidae
Eoeugnathus sp.
Eoeugnathus sp. Brough 1939 ray-finned fish
M27, M10
 Luganoiiformes - Luganoiidae
Luganoia sp.
Luganoia sp. Brough 1939 ray-finned fish
M11, M13, M144
 Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae
Boreosomus sp., "Perleidus viai n. sp." = Ptycholepis viai
Boreosomus sp. Stensiö 1921 ray-finned fish
M72
"Perleidus viai n. sp." = Ptycholepis viai Beltan 1972 ray-finned fish
M19
 Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
Saurichthys sp., Brevisaurichthys sp., Brevisaurichthys osseus n. gen. n. sp., Systolichthys sp., Systolichthys catalaunicus n. gen. n. sp.
Saurichthys sp. Agassiz 1834 ray-finned fish
M34, M132A
Brevisaurichthys sp. Beltan 1972 ray-finned fish
M32
Brevisaurichthys osseus n. gen. n. sp. Beltan 1972 ray-finned fish
M30, M37, M138
Systolichthys sp. Beltan 1972 ray-finned fish
M38
Systolichthys catalaunicus n. gen. n. sp. Beltan 1972 ray-finned fish
M128a-b
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Pholidophoriformes indet.
 Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae
Pholidophorus sp.
Pholidophorus sp. Agassiz 1832
S16
 Peltopleuriformes - Peltopleuridae
Peltopleurus sp., Peltopleurus cf. rugosus
Peltopleurus sp. Kner 1866
M102a, M17, M12
Peltopleurus cf. rugosus Brough 1939
M134
 Perleidiformes - Perleididae
Meidiichthys sp.
Meidiichthys sp. Brough 1931
M95, M24, M151
 Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae
Colobodus sp.
Colobodus sp. Agassiz 1843
M137, M131, M147
 Perleidiformes - Cleithrolepidae
Cleithrolepis sp.
Cleithrolepis sp. Egerton 1864
M63
 Amiiformes - Caturidae
Caturus sp.
Caturus sp. Agassiz 1834 bowfin
M110, M46, M75, M140, M14
 Semionotiformes - Macrosemiidae
Eosemionotus sp.
Eosemionotus sp. Stolley 1919
M10, M54a
 Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
"Semionotus cf. agassizi" = Palaeoniscus agassizii, Semionotus cf. kapffi, Semionotus cf. ovatus
"Semionotus cf. agassizi" = Palaeoniscus agassizii Redfield 1841
M22, M112
Semionotus cf. kapffi Fraas 1861
M99, M30, M68, M108
Semionotus cf. ovatus Redfield 1841
M3
Insecta
 Ephemerida - Mesephemeridae
Montralia muelleri n. gen. n. sp.2
Montralia muelleri n. gen. n. sp.2 Vía and Calzada 1987 mayfly
M403
1Beltan 1984; 2Vía and Calzada 1987