Association 1: Late/Upper Oxfordian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula menkii
6 individuals
Palaeonucula calliope
5 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya alduini (Brongniart 1821)
4 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Rollierella tenuidentata
6 individuals
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya ovalis
1 individual
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella carinata
100 individuals
Nicaniella cf. phillis
4 individuals
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia cf. reticulata Agassiz 1841
6 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma laeviusculum
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp. (Meek 1865)
3 individuals
Entolium corneolum (Young and Bird 1828)
8 individuals
recombined as Entolium (Entolium) corneolum
Cingentolium sp. Yamani 1983
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella aviculoides (Sowerby 1814)
26 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
458 individuals
recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860
12 individuals
Bivalvia - Pterioida
Cingentolium partitum (Sowerby 1840)
14 individuals
recombined as Costentolium partitum
Cingentolium cingulatum (Goldfuss 1835)
19 individuals
recombined as Neoentolium cingulatum
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 41.5° North, 1.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.5° North, 8.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Oxfordian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Late/Upper Oxfordian
Age range of interval:157.90000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Turia Formation:Sot de Chera
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Ricla section
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:offshore ramp Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:some
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:mechanical
Collection size:676 individuals
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Nanogyra nana-Nicaniella (T.) carinata association
Database number:36209
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:M. Manojlovic Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-01-19 05:15:46 Last modified:2016-07-19 15:48:27
Access level:the public Released:2004-01-19 05:15:46
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9710. G. Delvene. 2003. Middle and Upper Jurassic bivalve associations from the Iberian Range (Spain). Las asociaciones de bivalvos del Jurasico Medio y Superior en la Cordillera Iberica (Espana). GĂ©obios 36(5):519-531 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/P. Wagner]