Montral-Alcover quarries (Triassic of Spain)

Where: Tarragona, Spain (41.3° N, 1.1° E: paleocoordinates 5.8° N, 14.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Muschelkalk Formation, Longobardian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)

• Longobardian (mid-Ladinian), level with Daonella lommeli var. hispanica and Protrachyceras hispanicum.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, dolomitic lime mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, soft parts

Collection methods: Repository: Museo Geológico del Seminario de Barcelona

Primary reference: L. Via, J. F. Villalta, and M. Esteban Cerda. 1977. Paleontologia y paleoecolgia de los yacimientos fosiliferos del Muschelkalk superior entre Alcover y Mont-Ral (Montañas de Prades, Provincia de Tarragona). Cuadernos Geología Ibérica 4:247-256 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 109710: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 24.05.2011, edited by Bethany Allen and Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetites sp. Sternberg 1833
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podozamites sp. Braun 1843 podocarp
Scyphozoa
 Discomedusae -
"Rhizostomatida indet." = Rhizostomeae
"Rhizostomatida indet." = Rhizostomeae jellyfish
 Semaeostomatida -
"Semaeostomatida indet." = Semaeostomeae
"Semaeostomatida indet." = Semaeostomeae Agassiz 1862 jellyfish
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae
Protrachyceras hispanicum von Mojsisovics 1881 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Hungaritidae
"Hungarites pradoi" = Iberites pradoi
"Hungarites pradoi" = Iberites pradoi D'Archiac 1860 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Prospondylidae
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium discites Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Daonella lommeli Wissmann 1841 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Hoernesia cf. socialis Schlotheim 1823 oyster
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Xiphosura
 Xiphosurida - Limulidae
Heterolimulus gadeai n. gen. n. sp.5, Tarracolimulus rieki n. gen. n. sp.3, Mesolimulus crespelli n. sp.4
Heterolimulus gadeai n. gen. n. sp.5 Vía Boada and Villalta 1966 horseshoe crab
Tarracolimulus rieki n. gen. n. sp.3 Romero and Vía 1977 horseshoe crab
Mesolimulus crespelli n. sp.4 Vía 1987 horseshoe crab
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Pemphicidae
Pemphix malladai Via 1971 decapod
Crinoidea
 Holocrinida - Holocrinidae
Holocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1886 Sea lily
Holothuroidea
 Aspidochirotida -
Bathysynactites viai Cherbonnier 1976 sea cucumber
 Elasipodida -
Oneirophantites tarraconensis Cherbonnier 1976 sea cucumber
Osteichthyes
 Parasemionotiformes - Parasemionotidae
Parasemionotus sp. Piveteau 1929 ray-finned fish
Parasemionotus villaltai Beltan 1972 ray-finned fish
 Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
Systolichthys catalaunicus Beltan 1972 ray-finned fish
Brevisaurichthys osseus Beltan 1972 ray-finned fish
Saurichthys sp. Agassiz 1834 ray-finned fish
 Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae
Boreosomus sp., "Perleidus viai" = Ptycholepis viai
Boreosomus sp. Stensiö 1921 ray-finned fish
"Perleidus viai" = Ptycholepis viai Beltan 1972 ray-finned fish
 Luganoiiformes - Luganoiidae
Luganoia sp. Brough 1939 ray-finned fish
Coelacanthimorpha
 Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanthidae
Alcoveria sp. Beltan 1972 coelacanth
Reptilia
 Prolacertiformes -
Cosesaurus aviceps Ellenberger and Villalta 1974 archosauromorph
 Diapsida -
Thalattosauria indet.2 Merriam 1905 diapsid
M-508, tail fragment
 Placodontia -
Cyamodontoidea indet.2 Nopcsa 1923 placodont
Likely Psephoderma or Psephosaurus, private collection
 Sauropterygia -
Pistosauria indet.2 Baur 1890 diapsid
Private collection
 Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Nothosaurus sp. Münster 1834 diapsid
Nothosaurus cymatosauroides n. sp.2 Sanz 1983 diapsid
M-503 and M-504, skull part and counterpart
"Lariosaurus calcagnii" = Ceresiosaurus calcagnii2 Peyer 1931 diapsid
AM 024, Centre d'Historia Natural de la Conca de Barbera
Lariosaurus balsami Curioni 1841 diapsid
Gnathostomata
  -
Actinopterygii indet.1 ray-finned fish
Actinopteri
 Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
"Semionotus cf. agassizi" = Palaeoniscus agassizii Redfield 1841
Semionotus cf. ovatus Redfield 1841
 Semionotiformes - Macrosemiidae
Eosemionotus sp. Stolley 1919
 Amiiformes - Caturidae
Caturus sp. Agassiz 1834 bowfin
 Perleidiformes - Perleididae
Meidiichthys sp. Brough 1931
 Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae
Colobodus sp., "Perleidus giganteus" = Colobodus giganteus
Colobodus sp. Agassiz 1843
"Perleidus giganteus" = Colobodus giganteus Beltan 1972
 Perleidiformes - Cleithrolepidae
Cleithrolepis sp. Egerton 1864
 Peltopleuriformes - Peltopleuridae