Sierra Palomera 893 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: Tenuicostatum ammonoid zone, Barahona Limestone Formation, Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• Semicelatum 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/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 212064: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Carl Reddin on 03.08.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea cf. sublobata Deshayes 1830 oyster
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula spinosa Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pseudopecten dentatus" = Pecten (Pecten) dentatus
"Pseudopecten dentatus" = Pecten (Pecten) dentatus Sowerby 1829 scallop