Pico de la Carne, Dasycladacean-Stromatolite biostromes (Triassic of Spain)

Also known as Reef 396

Where: Spain (37.1° N, 3.5° W: paleocoordinates 18.9° N, 2.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• interval B

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Dasycladacean biostromes with stromatolites on top in a shallow restricted lagoon. Several metres thick and lateral extent of 100 m.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. M. Martin and F. Delgado. 1980. Biostromes of dasycladacean algae and stromatolites: a peculiar interbedding. Sedimentary Geology 25:117-126 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 73867: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.07.2007

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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"Stromatolite" indet.
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Triploporellaceae
Griphoporella curvata
Griphoporella curvata Guembel 1915
Foraminifera
 Involutinina - Involutinidae
Involutinidae indet.
Involutinidae indet. Bütschli 1880
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosariidae indet.
Nodosariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam