Barranco de la Canada C25: Early/Lower Toarcian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
cf. Thecocyathus sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
2 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
Lobothyris arcta (Dubar 1931)
25 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Aulacothyris iberica (Dubar 1931)
1 individual
original and current combination Aulacothyris agnata iberica
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Liospiriferina undulata
16 individuals
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 individual
= "Serpula" sp.
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Arcomytilus asper (Sowerby 1818)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon (Grammatodon) concinnus (Phillips 1829)
1 individual
recombined as Grammatodon concinnus
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea (Bilobissa) cf. sublobata (Deshayes 1830)
13 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon solitarium (Sowerby 1824)
2 individuals
synonym of Actinostreon gregareum
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna (Pinna) cf. folium (Young and Bird 1822)
4 individuals
original and current combination Pinna folium
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Weyla (Weyla) pradoana (Verneuil and Collomb 1853)
5 individuals
recombined as Weyla pradoanus
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma giganteum (Sowerby 1814)
4 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium (Entolium) corneolum (Young and Bird 1828)
5 individuals
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Coelopis (Coelopis) similis
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya cf. concentrica Sowerby 1822
1 individual
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia (Protocardia) striatula Sowerby 1829
1 individual
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Pronoella (Pronoella) sp. Fischer 1887
1 individual
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae
Cylindrobullina sp. von Ammon 1878
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Settsassiidae
Katosira sp. Koken 1892
1 individual
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Pietteia sp. Cossmann 1904
1 individual
Gastropoda - Lamelliphoridae
cf. Lamelliphorus sp. Cossmann 1915
1 individual
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Ampullospira (Ampullospira) cf. pelops
5 individuals
spelled with current rank as Ampullina (Ampullospira)
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: serpentinum
Age range of interval:184.20000 - 182.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal lithified marl
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:94 individuals
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:25610
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:D. Hempfling
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-09-19 05:55:07 Last modified:2017-07-30 11:21:59
Access level:the public Released:2002-09-19 05:55:07
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]