Toledo Mountains (Ordovician of Spain)

Also known as Navas de Estena Shale (Neseuretus tristani) Fm., Toledo Mountains, Toledo, Spain

Where: Toledo, Spain (39.0° N, 4.0° W: paleocoordinates 73.3° S, 87.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Didymograptus bifidus zone, Neseuretus tristani Shale Member (Navas de Estena Formation), Oretanian (468.0 - 459.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified, concretionary, ferruginous, shelly/skeletal, argillaceous, cherty/siliceous shale and lithified limestone

• Argillaceous, dark, fossiliferous shale with occasional nodular chert, limestone and iron

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. C. Gutiérrez-Marco, I. Rabano, M. Prieto and J. Martin. 1984. Estudio bioestratigrafico del Llanvirn y Llandeilo (Dobrotiviense) en la parte meridional de la zona Centroiberica (España). Cuadernos de Geología Ibèrica 9:287-319 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 20898: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 12.06.2002, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Cilindrotomaculum sp., Cyclocyclopa sp., Cyclopentastellatopa sp., Elegantillites sp., "Genus T1, Aristocystitid echinoderm" indet., "Genus T2, Diploporitid echinoderm" indet., Pentagonocyclopa sp., Pentagonopentagonopa sp., Pentagonopentastellatopa sp., Phyctocystis sp., Pygmaeconus sp.
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Metaconularia sp., Pseudoconularia sp.
Stenuroidea
 Proturina - Eophiuridae
Palaeura sp.
Palaeura sp. Jaekel 1903
Stylophora
 Mitrata -
? Mitrocystites sp.
 Sphaeronitida - Aristocystitidae
Calix sp.
Calix sp. Rouault 1878
 Sphaeronitida - Sphaeronitidae
Codiacystis sp.
Crinoidea
 Tetragonocrinida - Tetragonocrinidae
Ramseyocrinus sp.
Ramseyocrinus sp. Bates 1968 Sea lily
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Didymograptidae
Expansograptus sp., Aulograptus sp.
Expansograptus sp. Bouček and Přibyl 1953 graptolite
Aulograptus sp. graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae
Didymograptus sp., "Nicholsonograptus sp." = Azygograptus
Didymograptus sp. McCoy 1851 graptolite
"Nicholsonograptus sp." = Azygograptus Nicholson and Lapworth 1875 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Amplexograptus sp.
 Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Pseudoclimacograptus sp.
 Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae
Glyptograptus sp.
Glyptograptus sp. Lapworth 1873 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Sinograptidae
Acrograptus sp.
Acrograptus sp. graptolite
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida -
Rivillina sp.
Rivillina sp. ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Bolliidae
Klimphores sp.
 Palaeocopida -
Gracquina sp.
Gracquina sp. ostracod
Artiopoda
 Agnostida -
Leiagnostus sp.
Leiagnostus sp. Jaekel 1909
 Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Geragnostella sp., Geragnostus sp.
Geragnostella sp. Kobayashi 1939
Geragnostus sp. Howell 1935
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Hungaiidae
Hungioides sp.
Hungioides sp. Kobayashi 1936 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
? Asaphellus sp., Nobiliasaphus sp., Ogyginus sp., ? Ogygiocaris sp., ? Ogygites sp.
? Asaphellus sp. Callaway 1877 trilobite
Nobiliasaphus sp. Pribyl and Vanek 1965 trilobite
Ogyginus sp. Raymond 1912 trilobite
? Ogygiocaris sp. Angelin 1854 trilobite
? Ogygites sp. Tromelin and Lebescote 1876 trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Retamaspis sp.
Retamaspis sp. Hammann 1972 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Pterygometopus sp.
Pterygometopus sp. Schmidt 1881 trilobite
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Kloucekia sp.
Kloucekia sp. Delo 1935 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Placoparia sp.
Placoparia sp. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Pseudosphaerexochus sp.
Pseudosphaerexochus sp. Schmidt 1881 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Neseuretus sp., Pradoella sp., Salterocoryphe sp.
Neseuretus sp. Hicks 1873 trilobite
Pradoella sp. Hammann 1977 trilobite
Salterocoryphe sp. Hammann 1977 trilobite
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Colpocoryphe sp.
Colpocoryphe sp. Novak and Perner 1918 trilobite
 Phacopida - Bathycheilidae
Bathycheilus sp.
Bathycheilus sp. Holub 1908 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
Uralichas sp.
Uralichas sp. Delgado 1892 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Ectillaenus sp.
Ectillaenus sp. Salter 1867 trilobite
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida -
Gompholites sp.
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Trematidae
Schizocrania sp.
Schizocrania sp. Hall and Whitfield 1875
 Lingulida - Elkaniidae
Monobolina sp.
Monobolina sp. Salter 1866
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Lingulella sp., ? Palaeoglossa sp.
Lingulella sp. Salter 1866
? Palaeoglossa sp. Cockerell 1911
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
"Macrocoelia sp." = Colaptomena
"Macrocoelia sp." = Colaptomena Cooper 1956
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Orthidae
Orthambonites sp., ? Orthis sp., "Monorthis noctilio" = Sivorthis noctilio
Orthambonites sp. Pander 1830
? Orthis sp. Dalman 1828
"Monorthis noctilio" = Sivorthis noctilio Sharpe 1849
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
? Hesperorthis sp.
? Hesperorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Orthida - Heterorthidae
Heterorthina sp.
Heterorthina sp. Bancroft 1928
 Orthida - Linoporellidae
? Salopia sp.
? Salopia sp. Williams 1955
Gymnolaemata
 Ctenostomata - Vinellidae
Condranema sp.
Condranema sp. Bassler 1952
Rostroconchia
 Ribeirioida - Ischyriniidae
Tolmachovia sp.
Tolmachovia sp. Howell and Kobayashi 1936
 Ribeirioida - Technophoridae
Ribeiria sp.
Ribeiria sp. Sharpe 1853
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospira sp.
Lophospira sp. Whitfield 1886 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Ptychonema desiderata
Ptychonema desiderata Perner 1907 snail
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Tropidodiscus sp., Peruniscus sp.
Tropidodiscus sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
Peruniscus sp. Horný 1962 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Cymbularia sp.
Cymbularia sp. Koken 1896 snail
 Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Sinuites sp., Hispanosinuites sp.
Sinuites sp. Koken 1896 snail
Hispanosinuites sp. Fryda and Gutierrez-Marco 1996 snail
Cephalopoda
 Ellesmerocerida - Bathmoceratidae
Bathmoceras sp.
Bathmoceras sp. Barrande 1865
 Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae
? Curtoceras sp.
? Curtoceras sp. Ulrich et al. 1942
 Endocerida - Endoceratidae
Cameroceras sp.
Cameroceras sp. Conrad 1842
 Lituitida - Lituitidae
? Trilacinoceras sp.
Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Tancrediopsis sp.
Tancrediopsis sp. Beushausen 1895 clam
 Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Praenucula sp., ? Similodonta sp.
Praenucula sp. Pfab 1934 clam
? Similodonta sp. Soot-Ryen 1964 clam
 Nuculida - Cardiolariidae
Deceptrix sp., Cardiolaria sp.
Deceptrix sp. Fuchs 1919 clam
Cardiolaria sp. Munier-Chalmas 1876 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Glyptarca sp.
Glyptarca sp. Hicks 1873 clam
 Cardioni - Coxiconchiidae
"Coxiconcha sp." = Coxiconchia
"Coxiconcha sp." = Coxiconchia Babin 1966 clam
 Cardioni - Babinkidae
Babinka sp.
Babinka sp. Barrande 1881 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Redonia sp.
Redonia sp. Rouault 1851 clam
 Actinodontida - Cycloconchidae
Ananterodonta sp.