Molino Bajo. 9 meters: Berounian - Vinice, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Giraldiellidae
Gelidorthis meloui Villas 1985
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Harknessellidae
Reuschella herreraensis Villas 1992
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Heterorthidae
Svobodaina armoricana Babin and Mélou 1972
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Zaragoza
Coordinates: 41.2° North, 1.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:79.8° South, 9.0° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Late Ordovician
10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 4-5 - Ordovician 4
Key time interval: Berounian - Vinice
Age range of interval: 458.5 - 456.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fombuena Member:Pena del Tormo
Local section:Molino Bajo Local bed:9 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology:shelly/skeletal "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: At this section the Pefia del Tormo Member lacks the marly beds with bryozoans that characterize the unit southwest of this outcrop, including the two former sections. The basal ironstone is only 45 cm thick and is immediately succeeded by the alternating sandstones and shales of the Huerva Member.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils,species names
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Primarily articulate brachiopod taxonomy with others listed for biostrat.
Metadata
Database number:166737
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-02-24 11:53:16 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2015-02-24 11:53:16
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
6393. E. Villas. 1992. New Caradoc brachiopods from the Iberian Chains (northeastern Spain) and their stratigraphic significance. Journal of Paleontology 66(5):772-793 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]