Fauna s3d-gamma, Badenas Fmn., E. Iberian Chains (Silurian of Spain)

Where: Spain (41.6° N, 0.9° W: paleocoordinates 64.2° S, 48.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: sandstone-3d Member (Badenas Formation), Ludlow (427.4 - 423.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and sandy shale

• "...general composition is predominantly black fine shales (graptolites very rare), arenaceous shales, sandstones with a few shelly faunas, and some quartzites. Changing sand content distinguishes five members the two youngest of which are considered here. Sandstone member s3d [has] 45 m alternance of fine-grained sandstones and arenaceous shales [sandstones containing shelly faunas] [calcareous ssts in some cases have conodonts]."

Primary reference: P. Carls. 1977. Spain. in A. Martisson, ed. The Silurian-Devonian boundary (IUGS, Series A, Number 5). Schweizerbarth'sche, Stuttgart. 143-158 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13917: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 03.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria sp. Hall 1884 oyster
  -
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida -
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
? Stegerhynchus sp. Foerste 1909
 Orthida - Proschizophoriidae
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina "sp.I" Boucot 1960
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristina sp. Hall 1867
Trilobita
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Leonaspis cf. leonhardi Barrande 1846 trilobite
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Homalonotidae indet. Chapman 1890 trilobite
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Spathognathodontodae
"Ozarkodina excavata" = Wurmiella excavata
"Ozarkodina excavata" = Wurmiella excavata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Ozarkodinida -
Ozarkodina sagitta Walliser 1964 conodont