Sierra Palomera 5 cm (Jurassic of Spain)

Where: Spain (40.7° N, 1.2° W: paleocoordinates 28.4° N, 8.7° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Spinatum ammonoid zone, Barahona Limestone Formation, Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• Apyr-Hask subzone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

• Depth 40-70m

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Danise, M. Clémence, G. D. Price, D. P. Murphy, J. J. Gómez and R. J. Twitchett. 2019. Stratigraphic and environmental control on marine benthic community change through the early Toarcian extinction event (Iberian Range, Spain). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 524:183-200 [M. Aberhan/C. Reddin/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 211871: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Carl Reddin on 29.07.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
"Lobothyris cf. subpunctata" = Lobothyris punctata
"Lobothyris cf. subpunctata" = Lobothyris punctata Sowerby 1812
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
"Zeilleria culeiformis" = Zeilleria (Zeilleria) culeiformis
"Zeilleria culeiformis" = Zeilleria (Zeilleria) culeiformis Rollier 1919
 Spiriferinida - Lepismatinidae
Dispiriferina ? oxyptera Buvignier 1843
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya alduini Brongniart 1821 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya ambigua Sowerby 1819 clam