Montral-Alcover quarries: Longobardian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Triassolectes sp.
Eognathus sp.
1 specimen
Scyphozoa - Rhizostomeae
Rhizostomatida indet.
corrected as Rhizostomeae
Scyphozoa - Semaeostomeae
Semaeostomatida indet. Agassiz 1862
corrected as Semaeostomeae
Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanthidae
Alcoveria sp. Beltan 1972
4 specimens
Reptilia
Cosesaurus aviceps Ellenberger and Villalta 1974
Reptilia - Thalattosauria
Thalattosauria indet. Merriam 1905
Rieppel and Hagdorn 1998
M-508, tail fragment
Reptilia - Placodontia
Cyamodontoidea indet. Nopcsa 1923
Rieppel and Hagdorn 1998
Likely Psephoderma or Psephosaurus, private collection
Reptilia
Pistosauria indet. (Baur 1890)
Rieppel and Hagdorn 1998
Private collection
Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Lariosaurus calcagnii (Peyer 1931)
Rieppel and Hagdorn 1998
original and current combination Ceresiosaurus calcagnii
AM 024, Centre d'Historia Natural de la Conca de Barbera
Lariosaurus balsami Curioni 1841
Nothosaurus sp. Münster 1834
Nothosaurus cymatosauroides n. sp. Sanz 1983
Rieppel and Hagdorn 1998
M-503 and M-504, skull part and counterpart
Actinopterygii
Ophiopsis sp. Agassiz 1834
1 specimen
    = Actinopterygii indet. Cope 1887
López-Arbarello et al. 2014
"Dubious" record
Actinopteri - Peltopleuriformes - Peltopleuridae
Peltopleurus sp. Kner 1866
10 specimens
Peltopleurus cf. rugosus Brough 1939
1 specimen
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Caturidae
Caturus sp. Agassiz 1834
4 specimens
Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
Semionotus cf. ovatus (Redfield 1841)
8 specimens
original and current combination Palaeoniscus ovatus
Semionotus cf. kapffi Fraas 1861
3 specimens
Semionotus cf. agassizi (Redfield 1841)
3 specimens
misspelling Palaeoniscus agassizii
Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Macrosemiidae
Eosemionotus sp. Stolley 1919
8 specimens
Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae
Colobodus sp. Agassiz 1843
1 specimen
Perleidus giganteus Beltan 1972
1 specimen
recombined as Colobodus giganteus
Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Cleithrolepidae
Cleithrolepis sp. Egerton 1864
1 specimen
Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Perleididae
Meidiichthys sp. Brough 1931
1 specimen
Luganoiiformes - Luganoiidae
Luganoia sp. Brough 1939
1 specimen
Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
Brevisaurichthys osseus Beltan 1972
4 specimens
Saurichthys sp. Agassiz 1834
8 specimens
Systolichthys catalaunicus Beltan 1972
4 specimens
Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae
Perleidus viai Beltan 1972
1 specimen
recombined as Ptycholepis viai
Boreosomus sp. Stensiö 1921
1 specimen
Parasemionotiformes - Parasemionotidae
Parasemionotus sp. Piveteau 1929
3 specimens
Parasemionotus villaltai Beltan 1972
1 specimen
Crinoidea - Holocrinida - Holocrinidae
Holocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1886
Holothuroidea - Aspidochirotida
Bathysynactites viai Cherbonnier 1976
1 specimen
Holothuroidea - Elasipodida
Oneirophantites tarraconensis Cherbonnier 1976
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonellidae indet. Gray 1848
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Hoernesia cf. socialis (Schlotheim 1823)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Halobiidae
Daonella lommeli (Wissmann 1841)
10 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Prospondylidae
Enantiostreon cf. dilforme
10 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium discites (Schlotheim 1820)
3 specimens
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Hungaritidae
Hungarites pradoi (D'Archiac 1860)
12 specimens
original and current combination Ceratites pradoi
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae
Protrachyceras pseudarchelus
3 specimens
Protrachyceras hispanicum (von Mojsisovics 1881)
20 specimens
Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae
Heterolimulus gadeai n. gen., n. sp. Vía Boada and Villalta 1966
Vía Boada and Villalta 1966
Mesolimulus crespelli n. sp. Vía 1987
Vía 1987
Tarracolimulus rieki n. gen., n. sp. Romero and Vía 1977
Romero and Vía 1977
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pemphicidae
Pemphix malladai Via 1971
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Equisetaceae
Equisetites sp. Sternberg 1833
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podozamites sp. Braun 1843
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Tarragona
Coordinates: 41.3° North, 1.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.8° North, 14.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Ladinian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Longobardian
Age range of interval:239.70000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Muschelkalk
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Longobardian (mid-Ladinian), level with Daonella lommeli var. hispanica and Protrachyceras hispanicum.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:dolomitic lithified lime mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression,soft parts
Lagerst�tten type:conservation
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Museo Geológico del Seminario de Barcelona
Metadata
Database number:109710
Authorizer:L. Villier, M. Clapham, A. Dunhill Enterer:L. Villier, B. Allen, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-05-24 23:36:21 Last modified:2020-12-24 00:27:28
Access level:the public Released:2011-05-24 23:36:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
36263. L. Via, J. F. Villalta, and M. Esteban Cerda. 1977. Paleontologia y paleoecolgia de los yacimientos fosiliferos del Muschelkalk superior entre Alcover y Mont-Ral (Montañas de Prades, Provincia de Tarragona). Cuadernos Geología Ibérica 4:247-256 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

59997 A. López-Arbarello, R. Stockar, and T. Bürgin. 2014. Phylogenetic relationships of the Triassic Archaeosemionotus Deecke (Halecomorphi, Ionoscopiformes) from the Perledo Fauna. PLoS One 9(10):e108665 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
66834 O. Rieppel and H. Hagdorn. 1998. Fossil reptiles from the Spanish Muschelkalk (Mont‐Ral and Alcover, Province Tarragona). Historical Biology 13:77-97 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
70114 A. Romero and L. Vía. 1977. Tarracolimulus rieki, nov. gen., nov. sp., nuevo limúlido del Triásico de Montreal–Alcover (Tarragona). Cuadernos Geología Ibérica 4:239-246 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen/M. Uhen]
74949 L. Vía. 1987. Artropodos fosiles Triasicos de Alcover-Montral II. Limulidos. Cuadernos Geología Ibérica 11:281-292 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
74951 L. Vía Boada and J. F. Villalta. 1966. Heterolimulus gadeai nov. gen., nov. sp., representante de una nueva familia de Limulacea, en el Triásico español. Acta Geológica Hispánica 1:9-11 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]