Bucaco Syncline (Ordovician of Portugal)

Also known as Sanguinheira Grp, Favacal Bed Fm., Bucaco Syncline, Portugal

Where: Portugal (40.0° N, 8.0° W: paleocoordinates 74.7° S, 66.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lagenochitina dalbyensis other zone, Favacal Member (Cabeco do Peao Formation), Berounian (457.9 - 449.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, ooidal ironstone

• Oolitic ironstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. P. Young. 1985. The stratigraphy of the Upper Ordovician of central Portugal. University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 20935: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 12.06.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Colpocoryphe sp.
Colpocoryphe sp. Novak and Perner 1918 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Deanaspis sp.
Deanaspis sp. Hughes et al. 1975 trilobite
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Giraldiellidae
Tazzarinia sp., Gelidorthis sp.
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Onniella sp.
Onniella sp. Bancroft 1928
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Triplesia sp.
Triplesia sp. Hall 1859
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Aegiromena sp.
Aegiromena sp. Havlícek 1961
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
"? Blyskavomena sp." = Dactylogonia
"? Blyskavomena sp." = Dactylogonia Ulrich and Cooper 1942