Tag Archives: Spain

A new paper has appeared: A rugose coral – bryozoan association from the Lower Devonian of NW Spain.

Mark Wilson June 14, 2019 12:08 am

I’m proud to be an author with my two Spanish colleagues, Consuelo Sendino and Juan Luis Suárez Andrés, of a paper just out in the latest issue of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (we call it “Palaeo-cubed”). I’ll let the abstract tell … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: An atrypid brachiopod from the Devonian of Spain

Mark Wilson April 15, 2016 12:01 am

Our featured fossil this week is another gift from brachiopod enthusiast Clive Champion of England. This fine specimen of Atrypa sp. was collected from the Middle Devonian (Lower Couvinian) exposed at El Pical, Leon, Spain. Atrypa is the emblematic genus … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: Sponge and bivalve borings from the Miocene of Spain

Mark Wilson February 13, 2015 1:11 am

This week we have a rather unimposing limestone cobble, at least from the outside. It was collected way back in 1989 by my student Genga Thavi (“Devi”) Nadaraju (’90) as part of a Keck Geology Consortium field project in southeastern … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A terebratulid brachiopod from the Miocene of Spain

Mark Wilson September 29, 2013 1:18 am

These large brachiopods are of the species Terebratula maugerii Boni, 1933. They were found in Upper Miocene (Tortonian-Messinian) beds near Cordoba, Spain. Wooster acquired them through a generous exchange of brachiopods with Mr. Clive Champion in England. The specimen on … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A barnacle-bored belemnite from the Jurassic of Spain

Mark Wilson June 23, 2013 1:11 am

Two subjects of previous Fossil of the Week posts are combined together here: a belemnite (the elegant Hibolites hastatus) and barnacle borings (the ichnofossil Rogerella). This specimen is from the Jurassic of Moneva Teruel, Spain. Belemnites are extinct cephalopods, oddly … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: Bivalve Borings (Upper Miocene of Spain)

Mark Wilson October 28, 2012 1:50 am

This beautiful object has a complex history. In the center is a gray limestone cobble that eroded from an underwater ridge and rolled free on a shallow coral reef in an area now near Abanilla, southeastern Spain. It was encrusted … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A holey brachiopod (Lower Cretaceous of southeastern Spain)

Mark Wilson February 26, 2012 1:10 am

This striking and unusual brachiopod is Pygites diphyoides (d’Orbigny, 1847) from Hauterivian (Lower Cretaceous) of Cehegin, Murcia, Spain. Wooster acquired it through a recent generous exchange of brachiopods with Mr. Clive Champion in England. I had heard about this brachiopod … Continue reading →

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