Rambla de Valdemiedes 1, beds 9.1-11.1, Murero: Middle Cambrian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Redlichiida - Paradoxididae
Trilobita - Redlichiida - Ellipsocephalidae
Agnostida - Peronopsidae
Agnostida - Condylopygidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Aragon
Coordinates: 41.2° North, 1.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:71.3° South, 4.8° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cambrian Epoch: Miaolingian
10 m.y. bin: Cambrian 3-4
Key time interval: Middle Cambrian Trilobite zone:  Acadoparadoxides mureroensis
Age range of interval: 509 - 497 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Mesones Formation:Valdemiedes
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: beds 9.1-11.1 above the Valdemiedes Event, Cambrian series 3, lowest stage 5 (Leonian)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: shale with carbonate nodules, fine-grained sandstone in the lower part
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:120551
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-11-17 01:42:28 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-11-17 01:42:28
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
38532. D. C. Garcia-Bellido, M. E. Dies Alvarez, J. A. Gamez Vintaned, E. Linan, and R. Gozalo. 2011. First report of Crumillospongia (Demospongea) from the Cambrian of Europe (Murero biota, Spain). Bulletin of Geosciences 86(3):641-650 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]