Where: Asturias, Spain (43.6° N, 5.8° W: paleocoordinates 69.7° S, 49.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Viodo Limestone Member (El Castro Formation), Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)
• From the intermediate volcaniclastic horizon 7 m above the top of the lower massive limestone.
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; calcareous siltstone
Primary reference: E. Villas and L. R. M. Cocks. 1996. The first early Silurian brachiopod fauna from the Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Paleontology 70(4):571-588 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 717: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 25.02.1999, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Trilobita | |
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Leonaspis sp. Richter and Richter 1917 trilobite | |
Rhynchonellata | |
? Hyattidina sp. Schuchert 1913 the last 6 taxa combined represent 10% of specimens (10/6 ~= 1.7) - originally entered as "? Hyattidina sp."
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Eospirifer cf. radiatus Sowerby 1834 the last 6 taxa combined represent 10% of specimens (10/6 ~= 1.7) - originally entered as "Eospirifer cf. radiatus"
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Asturorthis sarreoensis n. gen. n. sp.
Asturorthis sarreoensis n. gen. n. sp. Villas and Cocks 1996 | |
? Isorthis sp. Kozlowski 1929 the last 6 taxa combined represent 10% of specimens (10/6 ~= 1.7) - originally entered as "? Isorthis sp."
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Stricklandia aff. laevis the last 6 taxa combined represent 10% of specimens (10/6 ~= 1.7) - originally entered as "Stricklandia aff. laevis"
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Strophomenata | |
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Stenolaemata | |
Ptilodictya sp. Lonsdale 1839 | |
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Anthozoa | |
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