Fauna d1a-beta, Luesma Fmn., E. Iberian Chains: Ludlow - Pridoli, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria sp. Hall 1884
Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetidae indet. Bronn 1862
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanellidae indet. Schuchert 1913
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella sp.M Kozlowski 1946
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonellidae indet. Gray 1848
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 41.6° North, 0.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:62.8° South, 47.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Silurian
10 m.y. bin:Silurian 2
*Epoch:Late/Upper Ludlow - Pridoli
Key time interval:Ludlow - Pridoli
Age range of interval:427.40000 - 419.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Luesma Member:d1a
Local bed:beta
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:"cross stratification" sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Formation as a whole: "215 m thick, mainly quartzites and shales, accessory components being oolitic iron ores, phosphoritic intraformational conglomerates, microconglomerates, impure sandstones and arenaceous shelly limestones.." This member: "...thick-bedded white medium-grained quartzite with large cross-bedding..."
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:13919
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-05-03 05:26:57 Last modified:2006-09-15 15:13:14
Access level:the public Released:2002-05-03 05:26:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
6168. P. Carls. 1977. Spain. in A. Martisson, ed. The Silurian-Devonian boundary (IUGS, Series A, Number 5). Schweizerbarth'sche, Stuttgart. 143-158 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]