Terrades FI1 (Cambrian of Spain)

Where: Cataluna, Spain (42.3° N, 2.9° E: paleocoordinates 49.2° S, 116.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• Archaeocyatha Zone VII, Ovetian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• bioclastic, nodular and brechoid limestone beds, no mounds

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: A. Perejon, E. Moreno-Eiris, and A. Abad. 1994. Monticulos de arqueociatos y calcimicrobios del Cambrico inferior de Terrades, Gerona (Pirineo oriental, Espana) [Lower Cambrian archaeocyatha and calcimicrobe mounds in Terrades, Gerona (Eastern Pyrenees, Spain)]. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural, Seccion geologica 89:55-95 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81294: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.06.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Archaeocyatha
 Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae
Loculicyathus sp.
Loculicyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
"Protopharetra" sp.
"Protopharetra" sp. Bornemann 1884 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Asterocyathidae
Erismacoscinus calathus, Erismacoscinus "sp. 1", Erismacoscinus "sp. 2", Antoniocoscinus terradensis n. sp.
Erismacoscinus calathus archaeocyath sponge
Erismacoscinus "sp. 1" Debrenne 1958 archaeocyath sponge
Erismacoscinus "sp. 2" Debrenne 1958 archaeocyath sponge
Antoniocoscinus terradensis n. sp. Perejon et al. 1994 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Porocoscinidae
Porocoscinus flexibilis, Tubicoscinus cupulosus
Porocoscinus flexibilis archaeocyath sponge
Tubicoscinus cupulosus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Tatijanaecyathidae
Muchattocyathus sp.
Muchattocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida -
? Tabulacyathus sp.
? Tabulacyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Dokidocyathidae
Dokidocyathus sp.
Dokidocyathus sp. Taylor 1910 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Bronchocyathidae
Taylorcyathus vologdini, Taylorcyathus sp., Taylorcyathus viai n. sp.
Taylorcyathus vologdini archaeocyath sponge
Taylorcyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Taylorcyathus viai n. sp. Perejon et al. 1994 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ethmocyathidae
Afiacyathus oscillatus, Rasetticyathus acutus, Inessocyathus sp.
Afiacyathus oscillatus Perejon et al. 1994 archaeocyath sponge
Rasetticyathus acutus archaeocyath sponge
Inessocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
Rotundocyathus sp., Nochoroicyathus sp.
Rotundocyathus sp. Vologdin 1960 archaeocyath sponge
Nochoroicyathus sp. Zhuravleva 1951 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Densocyathidae
? Leptosocyathellus sp., Leptosocyathus sp., Halysicyathus pirenaicus n. sp.
? Leptosocyathellus sp. Osadchaya et al. 1979 archaeocyath sponge
Leptosocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Halysicyathus pirenaicus n. sp. Perejon et al. 1994 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Gloriosocyathidae
Gloriosocyathus sp., Nalivkinicyathus pseudoannulatus n. sp.
Gloriosocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Nalivkinicyathus pseudoannulatus n. sp. Perejon et al. 1994 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Carinacyathidae
Porocyathellus sp.
Porocyathellus sp. Bojarinov and Osadchaja 1979 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Tumulocyathidae
Tumulocyathus sp.
Tumulocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Vologdinocyathidae
Inacyathella sp.
Inacyathella sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Coscinocyathidae
Coscinocyathus aff. cancellatus, Coscinocyathus sp.
Coscinocyathus sp. Bornemann 1884 archaeocyath sponge