Rio Ceira Grp, Ribeira do Bracal Fm., Bucaco Syncline, Portugal: Kosovian, Portugal

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
? Plectothyrella sp. Temple 1965
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Harknessellidae
Horderleyella sp. Bancroft 1928
unclassified
Bractoleptaena sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Portugal
Coordinates: 40.0° North, 8.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:75.6° South, 52.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Late Ordovician
Stage: Hirnantian 10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 5
*Period:Late/Upper Ordovician *Epoch:Late/Upper Ashgill
*Local age/stage:Kosovian
Key time interval: Kosovian
Age range of interval: 445.2 - 443.8 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Rio Ceira Formation:Ribeira do Bracal
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:hummocky CS lithified mudstone
Secondary lithology: lithified siltstone
Lithology description: Alternating mudstones and siltstones with sharp-based siltstone and hummocky, cross-stratified sandstone
Environment:shoreface
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils,species names
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:20934
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Modifier:P. Novack-Gottshall Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-06-12 12:22:11 Last modified:2002-06-12 15:22:11
Access level:the public Released:2002-06-12 12:22:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
6372. T. P. Young. 1985. The stratigraphy of the Upper Ordovician of central Portugal. University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]