Espejeras C9 (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 202243: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 01.07.2019

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Costatoria goldfussi Alberti 1830 clam