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The Leonian Stage (early Middle Cambrian): a unit for Cambrian correlation in the Mediterranean subprovince
K. SdzuyEladio LiñánRodolfo Gozalosubject
Mediterranean climatePaleontologybiologyOutcropStage (stratigraphy)Regional stageFirst appearance datumGeologySchistocephalusbiology.organism_classificationGeologydescription
The Leonian (early Middle Cambrian) regional Stage of Iberia is revised from a lithostratigraphic and biostratigraphic point of view in order to propose it as a chronostratigraphic unit for the Mediterranean subprovince (outcrops in Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Morocco and Turkey). This revision now permits a correlation of the Leonian Stage with the other early Middle Cambrian regional Stages. For this correlation the first appearance datum (FAD) of Eoparadoxides mureroensis, Macannaia spp., Schistocephalus antiquus and Oryctocara granulata are employed for the lower boundary; while the FADs of Badulesia tenera, Ctenocephalus (Hartella) spp., Parasolenopleura aculeata and Triplagnostus gibbus are employed for the upper boundary.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-01-01 | Geological Magazine |