Espejeras 29 (Triassic of Spain)

Where: Alicante, Spain (38.4° N, 0.7° W: paleocoordinates 3.5° N, 12.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Muschelkalk Formation, Longobardian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)

• "Middle Triassic age, probably upper Ladinian" (López-Gómez et al. 1994)

•Beds listed: C1, 4, C2, C3, 14, 15, 24, C5, 26, 27, C6, 28, C7, 29, C8, 32, C9

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; wackestone

• "wackestone-packstone" (López-Gómez et al. 1994)

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. López-Gómez, A. Márquez-Aliaga, F. Calvet, L. Márquez, and A. Arche. 1994. Aportaciones a la estratigrafía y paleontología del Triásico Medio de los alrededores de Agost, Alicante [Contribution to the stratigraphy and paleontology of the Middle Triassic in the proximities of Agost, Alicante]. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Sección Geología) 89:109-120 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 202240: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 01.07.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae
Pentacrinus sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Pterioida - Prospondylidea
"Enantiostreon difforme" = Terquemia difformis
"Enantiostreon difforme" = Terquemia difformis Schlotheim 1820 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis ostracina Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium discites Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia sp. King 1848 oyster
Bakevellia costata Schlotheim 1820 oyster
 Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
Pseudocorbula gregaria Münster 1838 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Neoschizodus laevigatus Ziethen 1830 clam