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New and revised occurrences of rhynchonelliformean brachiopods from the middle Cambrian of the Iberian Chains, NE Spain

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: New and revised occurrences of rhynchonelliformean brachiopods from the Languedocian (mid-late middle Cambrian) of the Iberian Chains are reported.The oldest assemblage corresponds to a level containing individuals of the new species Brahimorthis alvaroi and Nisusia sp. and is from the lower Languedocian Murero Formation.A younger assemblage is represented by Chilidorthis tecta from the Upper Languedocian Borobia and Torcas Formations.The geographic distribution and morphology of Brahimorthis, Chilidorthis and Bohemiella are reviewed and discussed.Moreover, evidence of the chilidium in Bohemiella and Chilidorthis and familial assignments of Brahimorthis, Saesorthis, Chilidorthis and Bohemiella are discussed.The new family Brahimorthidae fam.nov. is erected.

Source: Bulletin of Geosciences

DOI: 10.3140/bull.geosci.1327

Authors: M. Mergl, S. Zamora

Institutions: University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Natural History Museum

Language: English

Topic: Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Subfield: Paleontology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Grantová Agentura České Republiky, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Universidad de Zaragoza, Gobierno de Aragón

Award: Feeding strategies in Cambrian to Middle Ordovician of the Teplá-Barrandian region