Ash bed, Road cutting 600 m NW of Louredo: Kralodvorian, Portugal

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Crustenopora sp.
Luhaua sp.
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Elliptoglossa sp. Cooper 1956
Lingulata - Lingulida - Paterulidae
Paterula sp. Barrande 1879
Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Paracraniops sp. Williams 1963
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Oxoplecia sp. Wilson 1913
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Leangella sp. Opik 1933
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Aegiromena cf. aquila (Barrande 1848)
Aegiromena cf. aquila praecursor
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina beirensis
Hedstroemina sp. Bancroft 1929
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Porambonitidae
Porambonites ribeiroi
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
? Parastrophinella sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rostricellula sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1942
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Saukrodictyidae
Saukrodictya sp. Wright 1964
Oleorthis porosa Havlicek 1968
recombined as Saukrodictya porosa
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Drabovia sp. Havlicek 1950
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Heterorthidae
Svobodaina berthoisi
Heterorthis sp.
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Paurorthidae
Paurorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella cf. agadirensi
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Eridorthis sp. Foerste 1909
Glyptorthis sp. Foerste 1914
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidiellidae
? Portranella exornata (Sharpe 1853)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Productorthidae
Nicolella sp. Reed 1917
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Ptychopleurella sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhactorthidae
? Rhactorthis sp. Williams 1963
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Mcewanella sp. Foerste 1920
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae
Phillipsinella sp. Novak 1885
Delgadoa sp. Thadeau 1947
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Dysplanus sp. Burmeister 1843
Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
? Proetus sp. Steininger 1831
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Prionocheilus sp. Rouault 1847
Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Eudolatites sp. Delo 1935
Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae
? Phacopidina sp. Bancroft and Lamont 1949
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Eccoptochile sp. Hawle and Corda 1847
? Pseudosphaerexochus sp. (Schmidt 1881)
original and current combination Cheirurus (Pseudosphaerexochus)
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
? Onnia sp. Bancroft 1933
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Nobiliasaphus sp. Pribyl and Vanek 1965
see common names

Geography
Country:Portugal
Coordinates: 40.0° North, 8.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:75.5° South, 56.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Katian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
*Period:Late/Upper Ordovician *Epoch:Early/Lower Ashgill
*Local age/stage:Kralodvorian
Key time interval:Kralodvorian
Age range of interval:449.70000 - 445.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Venda Nova Formation:Porto de Santa Anna Member:Leira Ma
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:volcaniclastic,ooidal lithified ironstone
Lithology description: Basal oolitic ironstone with volcaniclastics
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils,species names
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Venda Nova Gp, Leira Ma Mbr., Porto de Santa Anna Fm., Bucaco Syncline, Portugal
Database number:20956
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-06-13 06:06:55 Last modified:2019-08-19 12:20:43
Access level:the public Released:2002-06-13 06:06:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6373. W. I. Mitchell. 1974. An outline of the stratigraphy and palaeontology of the Ordovician rocks of Central Portugal. Geological Magazine 111(5):385-396 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]