Arenal d'en Castell (vilanovai zone): Fassanian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Halobiidae
Daonella sp. Mojsisovics 1874
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae
Nannites capucinus
Eoprotrachyceras vilanovai
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 40.0° North, 4.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.0° North, 4.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Ladinian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Fassanian Ammonoid zone: Eoprotrachyceras villanovai
Age range of interval:242.00000 - 239.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Arenal d'en Castell
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Minorca / Menorca
Database number:211525
Authorizer:A. Dunhill Enterer:B. Allen
Modifier:P. Wagner
Created:2020-07-20 11:11:15 Last modified:2023-02-12 00:21:15
Access level:the public Released:2020-07-20 11:11:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

73101. M. J. Escudero-Mozo, J. Martín-Chivelet, A. Goy and J. López-Gómez. 2014. Middle-Upper Triassic carbonate platforms in Minorca (Balearic islands): Implications for Western Tethys correlations. Sedimentary Geology 310:41-58 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]