Publication: Yacimientos paleontológicos del Silúrico superior de Hinojosa del Duque (provincia de Córdoba, Dominio de Obejo-Valsequillo, suroeste de España)
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2020
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Sociedad Geológica de España
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Se presentan las asociaciones paleontológicas identificadas en dos localidades situadas en el término de Hinojosa del Duque (Córdoba), en afloramientos del Silúrico correspondientes a antiguas explotaciones a cielo abierto. Los fósiles de la mina Las Angosturas están preservados en calizas arcillosas e incluyen variados nautiloideos ortoconos, bivalvos, escifocrinoideos, filocáridos, ostrácodos y raros graptolitos, estos últimos de probable edad Ludfordiense medio (Biozona de Neocucullograptus kozlowskii). Los fósiles de la Mina Luisa proceden de nódulos en pizarras, conteniendo también nautiloideos ortoconos, bivalvos, filocáridos, ostrácodos y raros graptolitos y poríferos, en ausencia de escifocrinoideos o de especies que puedan aportar precisiones dentro del rango Ludlow-Pridoli. Las biofacies presentes en las localidades estudiadas se correlacionan con otras áreas del Dominio Obejo-Valsequillo y con la Zona de Ossa Morena, siendo muy distintas de los materiales y faunas coetáneos de la Zona Centroibérica meridional. Entre los resultados taxonómicos, los ostrácodos Sineruga insolita y Silurocypridina calva se identifican por vez primera en España, así como el nautiloideo Akrosphaerorthoceras gregale o el género Warneticaris (filocárido). Algunos bivalvos atribuidos comúnmente al Pridoli podrían tener su registro más antiguo en horizontes del Ludlow, si bien la confirmación queda supeditada al hallazgo de graptolitos más completos y en mejor estado de conservación.
Fossiliferous upper Silurian strata have been identified in two abandoned open-pit mines within the municipality of Hinojosa del Duque (province of Cordoba). The fossils from Las Angosturas mine are preserved in argillaceous limestones and include orthocone nautiloids, bivalves, scyphocrinoids, phyllocarids, ostracods and rare graptolites, the latter of probably middle Ludfordian age (Neocucullograptus kozlowskii Biozone). The fossils from Mina Luisa come from nodules occurring in sericitic shales, and the assemblage also includes orthocone nautiloids, bivalves, phyllocarids, ostracods and rare graptolites and porifera, but no species (scyphocrinoid or other) can provide precision within the Ludlow-Pridoli range. Fossil records are correlatable with other areas of the Obejo-Valsequillo Domain and the Ossa-Morena Zone, being very different from the contemporary materials and faunas of the southern Central Iberian Zone. Among the taxonomic results, the entomozooid ostracods Sineruga insolita and Silurocypridina calva are identified for the first time in Spain, as well as the nautiloid Akrosphaerorthoceras gregale or the phyllocarid genus Warneticaris. Some typical ‘Pridoli’ bivalves of the peri-Gondwanan area may present here their oldest occurrence in Ludlow horizons, although confirmation of this hypothesis requires the finding of more complete and well-preserved graptolites.
Fossiliferous upper Silurian strata have been identified in two abandoned open-pit mines within the municipality of Hinojosa del Duque (province of Cordoba). The fossils from Las Angosturas mine are preserved in argillaceous limestones and include orthocone nautiloids, bivalves, scyphocrinoids, phyllocarids, ostracods and rare graptolites, the latter of probably middle Ludfordian age (Neocucullograptus kozlowskii Biozone). The fossils from Mina Luisa come from nodules occurring in sericitic shales, and the assemblage also includes orthocone nautiloids, bivalves, phyllocarids, ostracods and rare graptolites and porifera, but no species (scyphocrinoid or other) can provide precision within the Ludlow-Pridoli range. Fossil records are correlatable with other areas of the Obejo-Valsequillo Domain and the Ossa-Morena Zone, being very different from the contemporary materials and faunas of the southern Central Iberian Zone. Among the taxonomic results, the entomozooid ostracods Sineruga insolita and Silurocypridina calva are identified for the first time in Spain, as well as the nautiloid Akrosphaerorthoceras gregale or the phyllocarid genus Warneticaris. Some typical ‘Pridoli’ bivalves of the peri-Gondwanan area may present here their oldest occurrence in Ludlow horizons, although confirmation of this hypothesis requires the finding of more complete and well-preserved graptolites.