Zarcilla de Ramos, Lithiotis biostrome, Murcia (Jurassic of Spain)

Also known as Reef 572

Where: Spain (37.9° N, 1.9° W: paleocoordinates 25.6° N, 5.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Sinemurian (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• Lithiotis biostrome overlain by coral biostrome

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. F. Geyer. 1977. Die "Lithiotis-Kalke" im Bereich der unterjurassischen Tethys [The "Lithiotis Limestones" in the Lower Jurassic Tethys realm]. Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie, Abhandlungen 153(3):304-340 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68343: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.01.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Lithiotis sp. Gümbel 1871 oyster
 Carditida - Astartidae
Opisoma sp. Stoliczka 1871 clam
 Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
Megalodontidae indet. Morris 1853 clam
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerineidae indet. Zittel 1873 snail