West Rodiles - Lastres, Bed No. 21 (West Rodiles): Spinatum, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Asturias
Coordinates: 43.5° North, 5.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.6° North, 15.8° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Pliensbachian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 2
Key time interval: Spinatum
Age range of interval: 192.9 - 184.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Villaviciosa Formation:Rodiles Member:Santa Mera
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Pleuroceras Hawskerense subzone

In the coast outcrops, almost all of the levels have a remarkable lateral continuity and can be recognized in the whole studied area, between Gijón and Ribadesella.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Environment:deep subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:110349
Authorizer:J. Pálfy Enterer:A. Kocsis
Modifier:A. Khan Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-06-07 02:26:50 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2011-06-07 02:26:50
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
34605. F. García Joral and A. Goy. 2009. Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) brachiopods in Asturias (northern Spain): stratigraphic distribution, critical events and palaeobiogeography. Geobios 42:255-264 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/A. Kocsis]