Sierra de Ort section (Jurassic of Spain)

Where: Spain (38.3° N, 0.8° W: paleocoordinates 26.5° N, 9.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zegri Formation, Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; shelly/skeletal limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Alicante (DCTMA-UA)

Primary reference: J. F. Baeza-Carratalá, F. G. Joral, A. Giannetti and J. E. Tent-Manclús. 2015. Evolution of the last koninckinids (Athyridida, Koninckinidae), a precursor signal of the early Toarcian mass extinction event in the Western Tethys. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 429:41-56 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 171315: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 06.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Prionorhynchiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
Nannirhynchia reynesi Gemmellaro 1874
 Spiriferinida - Pennospiriferinidae
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
 Athyridida - Koninckinidae
 Terebratulida -
 Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
 Terebratulida - Nucleatidae
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae