Barranco de la Canada C6: Early/Lower Toarcian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula cf. quinquecristata
1 individual
= "Serpula" cf. quinquecristata
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
Lobothyris subpunctata (Davidson 1851)
1 individual
synonym of Lobothyris punctata
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Gibbirhynchia micra Ager 1954
7 individuals
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Amberleya (Eucyclus) sp. (Eudes-Deslongchamps 1860)
4 individuals
original and current combination Eucyclus
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Rollieria) sp. Link 1807
1 individual
Bivalvia - Carditida - Cardiniidae
Cardinia cf. laevis
1 individual
(1 measurement)
Cardinia concinna Sowerby 1819
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella (Nicaniella) sp. Nicaniella 1945
5 individuals
= Nicaniella (Nicaniella) sp. A
Nicaniella (Nicaniella) cf. voltzi (Honighaus 1836)
8 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pachymya (Arcomya) sp. Sowerby 1826
18 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sp. (Beyrich 1845)
6 individuals
= Protocardia? sp.
Protocardia (Protocardia) striatula Sowerby 1829
13 individuals
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lycettia lunularis (Lycett 1857)
10 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea (Bilobissa) cf. sublobata (Deshayes 1830)
16 individuals
Gryphaea (Catinula) cf. crickleyensis (Cox 1946)
5 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinnidae indet. Leach 1819
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula (Harpax) spinosa Sowerby 1819
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Pseudolimea) cf. roemeri Brauns 1871
2 individuals
recombined as Limea (Pseudolimea) roemeri
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Weyla (Weyla) pradoana (Verneuil and Collomb 1853)
1 individual
recombined as Weyla pradoanus
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon (Grammatodon) concinnus (Phillips 1829)
6 individuals
recombined as Grammatodon concinnus
Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) sp. Branson 1942
9 individuals
spelled with current rank as Cosmetodon
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 40.0° North, 1.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.1° North, 9.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Toarcian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 3
*Period:Early/Lower Jurassic
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Toarcian
Key time interval:Early/Lower Toarcian Zone: tenuicostatum
Age range of interval:184.20000 - 182.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:bioturbation,shelly/skeletal lithified argillaceous,calcareous floatstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:offshore shelf Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Collection size:118 individuals
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:25212
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:D. Hempfling
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-09-03 02:04:45 Last modified:2017-07-30 11:05:28
Access level:the public Released:2002-09-03 02:04:45
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

7068. M. E. Gahr. 2002. Palökologie benthischer Faunen aus dem Unter-Toarc SW-Europas. [F. Fursich/D. Hempfling/P. Wagner]