Research paper

Stenolaemate bryozoan fauna from the Mississippian of Guadiato Area, southwestern Spain

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ANDREJ ERNST
Institut für Geologie, Universität Hamburg, Bundesstr. 55, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany. Andrej.Ernst@uni-hamburg.de
Corresponding author

SERGIO RODRÍGUEZ
UEI-Departamento de Paleontología (CSIC-UCM), Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Complutense, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 20816 Madrid, Spain. sergrodr@geo.ucm.es

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ABSTRACT

Stenolaemate bryozoan fauna from the Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) of southwestern Spain (Los Santos de Maimona Basin and Guadiato Area – Ossa Morena Zone) contains eight bryozoan species including three cystoporates, three trepostomes, and two cryptostomes. They range from Asbian (Upper Viséan) to Pendleian (Serpukhovian). This fauna displays distinct palaeobiogeographic relationships to the Mississippian of Europe, USA, Siberia, and Japan

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Keywords: Bryozoa, taxonomy, palaeobiogeography, Mississippian, Spain.

How to cite:  Ernst, A. & Rodríguez, S. 2013. Stenolaemate bryozoan fauna from the Mississippian of Guadiato Area, southwestern Spain. Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, 28 (2), 173-192.

Received 08 October 2012, Accepted 08 April 2013, Published 31 December 2013

https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.28.2.17851

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