Barranco de la Canada C188 (Jurassic of Spain)

Where: Spain (40.0° N, 1.0° W: paleocoordinates 28.5° N, 10.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: bifrons zone, Middle Toarcian (182.0 - 175.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified, bioturbated, shelly/skeletal wackestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. E. Gahr. 2002. Palökologie benthischer Faunen aus dem Unter-Toarc SW-Europas. [F. Fursich/D. Hempfling/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25880: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 27.09.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Rhynchonellata
 Cadomelloidea -
"Davidsonella moorei" = Cadomella moorei
"Davidsonella moorei" = Cadomella moorei Davidson 1847
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Homoeorhynchia meridionalis Deslongchamps 1863
= Homoeorhynchia merid. ssp. A
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
cf. Lithophaga (Lithophaga) sp. Röding 1798 mussel
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
cf. Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Bositra buchi Roemer 1836 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima (Pseudolimea) duplicata" = Lima (Mantellum) duplicata Carle Sowerby 1827 file clam
Plagiostoma punctatum Sowerby 1818 file clam
Plagiostoma giganteum Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Parvamussium pumilum Lamarck 1819 mud scallop
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya cf. concentrica Sowerby 1822 clam