Boyar section, level 92-A-22 (Triassic of Spain)

Where: Spain (36.7° N, 5.4° W: paleocoordinates 7.9° N, 5.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• Dated as Carnian (Upper Triassic) in age on the basis of the contained bivalve, conodont, and pollen assemblages

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Martín-Algarra, N. Solé de Porta, and A. Márquez Aliaga. 1995. Nuevos datos sobre la estratigrafía, paleontologíá y procedencia paleogeográfica del Triásico de las escamas del Corredor del Boyar (Cordillera Bética Occidental). Cuadernos de geología ibérica [Journal of Iberian Geology] 19:279-307 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 201959: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 13.06.2019

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula cf. strigilata Goldfuss 1837 nut clam
 Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
Pseudocorbula sp. Philippi 1898 clam
Pseudocorbula gregaria Münster 1838 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Pseudocorbula cf. subundata" = Tapes subundata
"Pseudocorbula cf. subundata" = Tapes subundata Schauroth 1855 venus clam
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Unionites muensteri Wissmann 1841 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia sp. King 1848 oyster
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis plana Giebel 1856 scallop