Primer registro de un ofiuroideo (Asterozoa, Echinodermata) en el Ordovícico Medio del sinclinal del Guadarranque (Geoparque Mundial UNESCO Villuercas-Ibores-Jara, Extremadura, España)
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Los restos de asterozoos son sumamente escasos en el Ordovícico
Medio y Superior del suroeste de Europa, si bien la auténtica
diversidad de estos equinodermos está largamente enmascarada
por su dificultad de fosilización. En este trabajo se presenta la segunda
localidad centroibérica donde se registra el ofiuroideo Palaeura
hispanica Smith, descubierto por primera vez en el sinclinal de Algodor-
Milagro en los Montes de Toledo, y que ahora se identifica
en el sinclinal del Guadarranque en las Villuercas. Se trata de un
ejemplar completo conservado por su cara dorsal, que muestra la
región central del disco erosionada dejando ver las placas orales.
Uno de los brazos se halla torsionado, con su extremo ventral vuelto
hacia arriba. La conformación de los brazos de P. neglecta Schuchert
(Darriwiliense medio de Bohemia y el oeste de Inglaterra) presenta
suficientes diferencias con P. hispanica (Darriwiliense medio de la
Zona Centroibérica), como para considerar a ambos taxones como
especies distintas, en lugar de subespecies geográficas. El ejemplar
estudiado se expone en el Centro de Interpretación del Fósil de Navatrasierra,
dependiente del Geoparque extremeño Villuercas-Ibores-
Jara
Fossil asterozoans are extremely rare in the Middle and Upper Ordovician of southwestern Europe, especially because they disarticulate rapidly after death and have a lower potential of fossilization. This paper presents the second record of Palaeura hispanica Smith in the Central Iberian Zone. This ophiuroid was first discovered in the Algodor-Milagro syncline in the Toledo Mountains, and is now characterized in the Guadarranque syncline in Las Villuercas. The single described specimen is preserved by its dorsal face, with the eroded central region of the disc showing the oral plates. One of the arms is turned up, showing details of its ventral surface. Plates from the arms of P. neglecta Schuchert (Middle Darriwilian of Bohemia and western England) show differences with P. hispanica (Middle Darriwilian of the Central Iberian Zone), suggesting they are different species instead of geographical subspecies. The specimen studied is currently exhibited at the Interpretation Center of the Fossil of Navatrasierra, belonging to the Villuercas-Ibores-Jara UNESCO Global Geopark (Extremadura, west of Spain)
Fossil asterozoans are extremely rare in the Middle and Upper Ordovician of southwestern Europe, especially because they disarticulate rapidly after death and have a lower potential of fossilization. This paper presents the second record of Palaeura hispanica Smith in the Central Iberian Zone. This ophiuroid was first discovered in the Algodor-Milagro syncline in the Toledo Mountains, and is now characterized in the Guadarranque syncline in Las Villuercas. The single described specimen is preserved by its dorsal face, with the eroded central region of the disc showing the oral plates. One of the arms is turned up, showing details of its ventral surface. Plates from the arms of P. neglecta Schuchert (Middle Darriwilian of Bohemia and western England) show differences with P. hispanica (Middle Darriwilian of the Central Iberian Zone), suggesting they are different species instead of geographical subspecies. The specimen studied is currently exhibited at the Interpretation Center of the Fossil of Navatrasierra, belonging to the Villuercas-Ibores-Jara UNESCO Global Geopark (Extremadura, west of Spain)







