Terrades FI2, calcimicrobial-archaeocyath mounds: Atdabanian - Botomian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chabakoviacea
Renalcis sp. Vologdin 1932
Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Anthomorphidae
Anthomorpha sisovae
Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Protopharetra densa
Protopharetra protea
"Protopharetra" sp. Bornemann 1884
Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Dictyocyathidae
Dictyocyathus sp.
Archaeocyatha - Capsulocyathida - Coscinocyathidae
Coscinocyathus aff. cancellatus
Coscinocyathus dianthus
Coscinocyathus marocanoides
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Agyrekocyathidae
Mennericyathus boadellensis n. sp. Perejon et al. 1994
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Asterocyathidae
? Retecoscinus sp.
Erismacoscinus calathus
Erismacoscinus informal sp. 1
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Porocoscinidae
Porocoscinus flexibilis
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Bronchocyathidae
Taylorcyathus viai Perejon et al. 1994
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
Nochoroicyathus sp. Zhuravleva 1951
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Gloriosocyathidae
Gloriosocyathus aff. permultus
Coeloscleritophora - Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920
Ludloviaceae
Epiphyton sp. Bornemann 1886
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Cataluna County:Gerona
Coordinates: 42.3° North, 2.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.4° South, 116.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cambrian Epoch: Series 2
Stage: Stage 3 10 m.y. bin: Cambrian 2 - Cambrian 2-3
Key time interval: Atdabanian - Botomian Trilobite zone:  Antatlasia guttapluviae
Age range of interval: 521 - 512.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Canaveilles Formation:Evol
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Archaeocyatha Zone VII, Ovetian. PJW: This is the Évol formation. Ovetian - Banian. Archaeocyatha Zone VII correlates with the Antatlasia guttapluviae trilobite zone (Perejón & Moreno-Eiris 2006)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Lithology description: calcimicrobial-archaeocyath mounds, up to 20 m thick
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1839
Database number:81291
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-06-17 05:58:19 Last modified:2021-08-27 00:27:56
Access level:the public Released:2008-06-17 05:58:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
27394. A. Perejon, E. Moreno-Eiris, and A. Abad. 1994. Monticulos de arqueociatos y calcimicrobios del Cambrico inferior de Terrades, Gerona (Pirineo oriental, Espana) [Lower Cambrian archaeocyatha and calcimicrobe mounds in Terrades, Gerona (Eastern Pyrenees, Spain)]. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural, Seccion geologica 89:55-95 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]