Ashgill bryozoans from the Iberian Chains (NE Spain) and their contribution to the Late Ordovician biodiversity peak in North Gondwana
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Abstract. In the lower-middle Ashgill Cystoid Limestone Formation of the Iberian Chains (NE Spain) twenty one bryozoan genera have been identified, which belong to the four Stenolaemata orders that were already spread worldwide by the Mid Ordovician: Cryptostomata, Cyclostomata, Cystoporata and Trepostomata. Five of them: Cyclophaenopora Spjeldnaes, Glauconomella Bassler, Orbignyella Ulrich and Bassler, Phaenopora Hall and Pseudostictoporella Ross have been identified here for the first time in the Mediterranean Province. This list increases the number of bryozoan genera known to sixty six, making it the most diversified group in the region for that period. Resumen. BRIOZOOS DEL ASHGILL DE LAS CADENAS IBÉRICAS (NE ESPAÑA) Y SU CONTRIBUCIÓN AL PICO DE BIODIVERSIDAD DEL ORDOVÍCICO SUPERIOR EN EL NORT EDE GONDWANA. En la Formación Calizas de Cistideos, de edad Ashgill inferior-medio, de las Cadenas Ibéricas (NE de España) se han identificados veintiún géneros de briozoos pertenecientes a los cuatro órdenes Stenolaemata que ya se habían expandido a nivel mundial en el Ordovícico Medio: Cryptostomata, Cyclostomata, Cystoporata y Trepostomata. Cinco de ellos: Cyclophaenopora Spjeldnaes, Glauconomella Bassler, Orbignyella Ulrich y Bassler, Phaenopora Hall y Pseudostictoporella Ross son reconocidos por primera vez en la Provincia Mediterránea. Esta lista permite ampliar a sesenta y seis el número de géneros de briozoos conocidos allí, convirtiéndolos en el grupo más diversificado de la región para ese periodo.Downloads
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