CAC1. Bucaco Syncline: Dobrotivian, Portugal

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia
Graptolithina indet. Bronn 1849
2 specimens
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Quadrijugatoridae
Quadrijugator marcoi
64 specimens
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida
Lardeuxella bussacensis
46 specimens
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Tetradellidae
Reuentalina ribeiriana
11 specimens
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Aechminidae
? Parapyxion simplex
682 specimens
Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae
Phacopidina micheli (Tromelin 1877)
11 specimens
Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Morgatia hupei (Nion and Henry 1966)
6 specimens
Crozonaspis struvei Henry 1968
3 specimens
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Neseuretus (Neseuretus) tristani (Brongniart in Desmarest 1817)
7 specimens
Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Plaesiacomia oehlerti (Kerforne 1900)
24 specimens
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Ectillaenus sp. Salter 1867
7 specimens
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida
Bellerophontoidea indet. (M'Coy 1851)
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Glyptarca lusticanica
6 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
? Myoplusia sp. Neumayr 1884
3 specimens
Sluha beirensis
46 specimens
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
? Tancrediopsis ezquerrae
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Praeleda costae (Sharpe 1853)
28 specimens
Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Hyolithidae indet. Nicholson 1889
4 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
? Aegiromena sp. HavlĂ­cek 1961
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Heterorthidae
Heterorthina kerfornei Melou 1975
9 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Portugal
Coordinates: 40.0° North, 8.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:74.1° South, 71.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Ordovician
10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 3-4
Key time interval: Dobrotivian
Age range of interval: 459.7 - 458.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fonte da Horta
Regional section:Bucaco Regional bed:50 m
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified mudstone
Secondary lithology: lithified sandstone
Lithology description: Mudstones with occasional interbedded sandstone
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils,species names
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:193319
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Subset of collection #:20932
Created:2018-05-11 16:54:27 Last modified:2018-05-11 16:55:49
Access level:the public Released:2018-05-11 16:54:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6372. T. P. Young. 1985. The stratigraphy of the Upper Ordovician of central Portugal. University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]