Carboniferous auloporids from the Iberian Penisnulapalaeocology, diversity, and spatio - temporal distribution

  1. Coronado, Ismael
  2. Rodríguez García, Sergio
Revue:
Journal of iberian geology: an international publication of earth sciences

ISSN: 1886-7995 1698-6180

Année de publication: 2014

Titre de la publication: Palaeodiversity and Palaeoecology of Iberian Ecosystems. New insights into the Phanaerozoic biotas from Spain and Portugal

Volumen: 40

Número: 1

Pages: 61-85

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5209/REV_JIGE.2014.V40.N1.44088 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAccès ouvert editor

D'autres publications dans: Journal of iberian geology: an international publication of earth sciences

Objectifs de Développement Durable

Résumé

Auloporid corals are common in the Palaeozoic and very frequent in the Carboniferous buildups of the Iberian Peninsula. The aim of this study is to analyze the diversity of these corals through a taxonomical recognition of the species and morphotypes that occur in the Iberian Peninsula. Eighteen sections have been sampled between the Ossa-Morena (Mississippian) and Cantabrian (Pennsylvanian) zones dated as upper Viséan to early Kasimovian. In addition, other localities where auloporids occur and are cited in the literature have been also used for this study. The taxonomical identification has been carried out using the criteria proposed by Tchudinova (1980) with little modifications. Thus, eighteen morphotypes and two species belonging to nine nominal genera have been identified (Multithecopora sp. A-H, Syringopora sp. A-B, Aulopora sp. A-B, Cladochonus sp. A-B, Syringoalcyon sp., Roemeripora sp., Sinopora sp., Mastopora? sp., Multithecoporahontoriense and Neomultithecoporacantabrica). Through a classical microfacies study, the environments where the auloporids lived have been identified, as well as the growth patterns and the features of sedimentation. Finally, a preliminary biostratigra-phic range chart for the Carboniferous auloporoids from the Iberian Peninsula has been achieved.