Espejeras C5: Longobardian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Costatoria goldfussi (Alberti 1830)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia costata (Schlotheim 1820)
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Alicante
Coordinates: 38.4° North, 0.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.5° North, 12.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Ladinian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Longobardian
Age range of interval:239.70000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Muschelkalk
Local section:Espejeras Local bed:C5
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "Middle Triassic age, probably upper Ladinian" (López-Gómez et al. 1994)
Beds listed: C1, 4, C2, C3, 14, 15, 24, C5, 26, 27, C6, 28, C7, 29, C8, 32, C9
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: wackestone
Lithology description: "wackestone-packstone" (López-Gómez et al. 1994)
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:202234
Authorizer:A. Dunhill Enterer:B. Allen
Modifier:B. Allen
Created:2019-07-01 10:55:56 Last modified:2019-07-02 04:32:44
Access level:the public Released:2019-07-01 10:55:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
69305. J. López-Gómez, A. Márquez-Aliaga, F. Calvet, L. Márquez, and A. Arche. 1994. Aportaciones a la estratigrafía y paleontología del Triásico Medio de los alrededores de Agost, Alicante [Contribution to the stratigraphy and paleontology of the Middle Triassic in the proximities of Agost, Alicante]. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Sección Geología) 89:109-120 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]