Barranco de la Canada C188: Middle Toarcian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821
22 individuals
Rhynchonellata
Davidsonella moorei Davidson 1851
3 individuals
recombined as Cadomella moorei
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Homoeorhynchia meridionalis (Deslongchamps 1863)
13 individuals
recombined as Homoeorhynchia cynocephala meridionalis
= Homoeorhynchia merid. ssp. A
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula (Dorsoserpula) sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
cf. Lithophaga (Lithophaga) sp. Röding 1798
4 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon gregareum (Sowerby 1816)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
cf. Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia (Bakevellia) waltoni (Lycett 1863)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Bositra buchi (Roemer 1836)
4 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Spondylopecten (Plesiopecten) cf. subspinosus (Schlotheim 1822)
1 individual
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus (Schlotheim 1813)
11 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Pseudolimea) duplicata Carle Sowerby 1827
3 individuals
recombined as Lima (Mantellum) duplicata
Plagiostoma punctatum Sowerby 1818
2 individuals
Plagiostoma giganteum (Sowerby 1814)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Parvamussium pumilum (Lamarck 1819)
8 individuals
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya cf. concentrica Sowerby 1822
1 individual
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 40.0° North, 1.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.5° North, 10.6° 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:Middle Toarcian
Key time interval:Middle Toarcian Zone: bifrons
Age range of interval:182.90000 - 180.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:bioturbation,shelly/skeletal lithified wackestone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:offshore ramp Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Collection size:78 individuals
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:25880
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:D. Hempfling
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-09-27 01:32:56 Last modified:2017-07-30 11:28:05
Access level:the public Released:2002-09-27 01:32:56
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]