Where: Asturias, Spain (43.6° N, 6.0° W: paleocoordinates 69.3° S, 79.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: El Castro Formation, Llanvirn (468.0 - 458.4 Ma)
• Was dated Kralodvorian-Kosovian; Truyols et al. (1996) changed it to Llanvirn
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified, volcaniclastic claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. Villas, J. Gisbert, and R. Montesinos. 1989. Brachiopods from volcanoclastic Middle and Upper Ordovician of Asturias (northern Spain). Journal of Paleontology 63(5):554-565 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 21085: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 17.06.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
Hesperinia asturica n. sp.
Hesperinia asturica n. sp. Villas et al. 1989 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Mcewanella vulcanica n. sp.
Mcewanella vulcanica n. sp. Villas et al. 1989 | |
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Stenolaemata | |
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Trilobita | |
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Conodonta | |
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