Montral and Alcover Quarries (MA): Ladinian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Peltopleuriformes - Peltopleuridae
Peltopleurus sp. Kner 1866
1 specimen
Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae
Parapholidophorus sp.
Beltan 1984 1 specimen
79
Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Perleididae
Perleidus sp. de Alessandri 1910
Beltan 1984 1 specimen
77
Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae
Perleidus giganteus n. sp. Beltan 1972
3 specimens
recombined as Colobodus giganteus
Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanthidae
Alcoveria brevis Beltan 1972
Beltan 1984 1 specimen
76
unclassified
Ophiopsis sp. Agassiz 1834
1 specimen
    = Actinopterygii indet. Cope 1887
López-Arbarello et al. 2014
"Dubious" record
Ionoscopiformes - Subortichthyidae
Eoeugnathus sp. Brough 1939
Beltan 1984 1 specimen
54
Insecta - Coleoptera
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758
Vía and Calzada 1987 1 specimen
(2 measurements)
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 41.3° North, 1.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.0° North, 14.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Ladinian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Ladinian
Age range of interval:242.00000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Muschelkalk
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination,fine lithified dolomite
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal Tectonic setting:passive margin
Geology comments: Thermal subsidence phase following initial rifting
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Musée d'Alcover
Metadata
Database number:149853
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:P. Vazquez, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology,vertebrate
Created:2013-08-28 07:01:14 Last modified:2014-06-21 10:34:35
Access level:the public Released:2013-08-28 07:01:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

48011. L. L. Beltan. 1972. La faune Ichthyologique du Muschelkalk de la Catalogne. Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias y Artes XLI:281-325 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]

Secondary references:

49826 L. Beltan. 1984. Quelques poissons du Muschelkalk superieur d'Espagne. Acta Geologica Hispanica 19:117-127 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]
59997 A. López-Arbarello, R. Stockar, and T. Bürgin. 2014. Phylogenetic relationships of the Triassic Archaeosemionotus Deecke (Halecomorphi, Ionoscopiformes) from the Perledo Fauna. PLoS One 9(10):e108665 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
48517 L. Vía and S. Calzada. 1987. Artropodos fosiles Triasicos de Alcover-Montral I. Insectos. Cuadernos Geología Ibérica 11:273-280 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]