El Centenillo, East Sierra Morena: Kralodvorian - Kosovian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhombifera - Caryocystitidae
Heliocrinites cf. rouvillei von Koenen 1886
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Sierra Morena Oriental
Coordinates: 38.0° North, 3.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:77.5° South, 72.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Late Ordovician
Stage: Katian - Hirnantian 10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 5
*Period:Late/Upper Ordovician *Epoch:Ashgill
*Local age/stage:Kralodvorian - Kosovian
Key time interval: Kralodvorian - Kosovian
Age range of interval: 449.7 - 443.8 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bancos Mixtos Member:Heliocrinites layer
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology:ferruginous lithified sandstone
Lithology description: Limonitized limestone with occasional ferruginous sandstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils,species names
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Heliocrinites layer, Bancs mixtes Fm., El Centenillo, East Sierra Morena, Spain
Database number:20836
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-06-10 08:47:52 Last modified:2017-05-12 11:21:23
Access level:the public Released:2002-06-10 08:47:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6350. J. Chauvel, J. Drot, J. Pillet and G. Tamain. 1969. Précisions sur l’Ordovicien moyen et supérieur de la «série-type» du Centenillo (Sierra Morena orientale, Espagne). Société Géologique de France, Bulletin 11:613-626 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/M. Uhen]