Lower Oretanian oolitic ironstone beds, Aragoncillo: Oretanian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Cardiolariidae
Cardiolaria beirensis (Sharpe 1853)
(Sharpe
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glyptarcidae
Hemiprionodonta lusitanica (Sharpe 1853)
Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Endoceratidae
Cameroceras sp. Conrad 1842
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
? Tropidodiscus sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Sinuites sp. Koken 1896
Rostroconchia - Ribeirioida - Technophoridae
Ribeiria pholadiformis Sharpe 1853
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Asaphellus sp. Callaway 1877
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Pradoella pradoi Hammann 1977
Hammann
Neseuretus aff. attenuatus (Gigout 1951)
(Gigout
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida
Gracquina hispanica
(Born
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Guadalajara
Coordinates: 40.9° North, 2.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:71.0° South, 89.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Middle Ordovician
10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 2-3
Key time interval: Oretanian Graptolite zone:  Didymograptus artus
Age range of interval: 468 - 459.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Villar del Salz
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Overlies Armorican Quartzite. Underlies San Marcos.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ooidal lithified ironstone
Lithology description: oolitic ironstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils,species names
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Bivalve taxonomy
Metadata
Also known as:Basal Shales, La Venta Fm., Aragoncillo, Guadalajara, Spain
Database number:194897
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2018-07-06 19:11:54 Last modified:2018-07-06 19:11:54
Access level:the public Released:2018-07-06 19:11:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

66271. P. Herranz Araújo, J. C. Gutiérrez–Marco, A. P. Pieren Pidal, M. Robardet, M. A. San José Lancha, I. Rábano, and G. N. Sarmiento. 2003. The Ordovician succession from the western Iberian Ranges (NE Spain): a review with new data. In G. L. Albanesi, M. S. Beresi, S. H. Peralta (eds.), Ordovician from the Andes 17:417-424 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]