Problemática del límite Cámbrico Inferior-Medio en Murero (Cadenas Ibéricas, España)
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1993
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Sociedad Española de Paleontología
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La localidad de Murero (provincia de Zaragoza) es conocida internacionalmente como punto de referencia para el
estud io del límite Cámbrico In fe ri or-Medio, debido a su co ntinuidad estrat igráfica (Pisos Bibiliense al
Caesaraugustiense), carácter monofacial mixto (secuencia marina de plataforma terrígeno-carbonatada), riqueza
pa leontológica (60 taxones de trilobites) y pos ibilidad de correlación intercontinental al presentar trilobites
cosmopolitas y e ndémicos. En este estudio se analizan los datos litoestratigráficos, bioestrali gráficos.
minera lógicos, sedimentológicos, ¡enológicos, y paleoecológ icos de dos secciones a lo largo de la Formación
Valdemiedes que incluyen el tránsito desde el Cámbrico Inferior al Cámbrico Medio. Ambas secciones están
situadas en la rambla de Valdemiedes en Murero.
El registro paleontológico nos ha permitido diferenciar dos nuevas biozonas de trilobites en torno al límite
Cáll1brico Infe rior-Medio: la biozona de intervalo de Hamatolenus (Hamatolenus) ibericlls del Cámbrico Inferior y
la biozona de intervalo de Paradoxides (Acadoparadoxides) f1lureroensis del Cámbrico Medio.
El mayor cambio paleontológico en la secuencia se produce en un ni vel métrico sin trilobites y con areniscas muy finas que separa dos asociaciones de trilobites. La primera contiene Hamatolenus (H.) ibericus, ·H. (Myopsolenus?)
jilocanus, H. (Lotzeia) lotzei, Perrector? altus y Alueva undulata undulata. La segunda presenta Paradoxides
(Acadoparadoxides) mureroensis, P. (Eccaparadoxides) sp. indet., Alueva hastata, A. moratrix, Hamatolenus (L.) IOlZá,
Condylopyge cruzensis y Peronopsis sp. Este evento de extinción coincide con una miniaturización de los braquiópodos, un descenso de la diversidad paleoicnológica y un incremento del porcentaje de clorita; al fenómeno geológico responsable de estos cambios se le denomina aquí geoevento Valdemiedes. Este geoevento se interpreta, a través del análisis estratigráfico y biofacial de la secuencia, como probablemente originado por una anomalía climática que afectó al área de las Cadenas Ibéricas. La evolución ambiental de la Formación Valdemiedes tuvo lugar dentro del episodio transgresivo del segundo ciclo (Tb)
definido por Gámez el al. (1991).
The Murero locality (Zaragoza provinee) is well known as a point of referenee for Ihe S1udy of Ihe Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary, because of its stratig raphica l continuity (Bilbilian to Caesaraugustian Stages), mixed monofacial character (marin sequence of carbonate-terrigenous shelf), palaeontological wealth (60 trilobite taxa), and the posibility of intercontinental correlation (there are both cosmopolitan and endemic trilobites). In this paper, the Iithostratigraphical, biostraligraphieal, mineralogical, sedimentological, paleoiehnological, and palaeoecological fealures obtained from two stratigraphical sections spanning the boundary in the Valdemiedes Formation are analyzed at Murero. The palaeontological record allows us to define two new trilobites biozones around the Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary: The HamalOlenus (Hamalolenus) iberiClls interval biozone (Lower Cambrian) and the Paradoxides (Acadoparadoxides) mureroensis interval biozone (Middle Cambrian). The most important palaeontological event in the sequence is located in a metric level with very fine sandstones and no trilobites, wich separates two characteristic trilobite assemblages. The first contai ning Hamalolellus (H.) ibericus, H. (Myopsolenus?) jilocanus, H. (Lotleia) lorlei, Perrector? atlus y Allleva llndulata tU/dulata; and the second including Paradoxides (Acadoparadoxides) I1lllrerOellsis, P. (Eccaparadoxides) sp. indet., Alueva has/ala, A. mora/rix, Hama/olellus (L) IO/lei, Condylopyge cruzel1sis y Perollopsis sp. This extinction event coincides with the miniaturization of the brachiopoda. the decrease of paleoichnological diversity, and the increase of clorithe percentage. This whole geological phenomenon is here named Valdemiedes geoevent. This geoevent is interpreted, through slratigraphieal and biofacial analysis, as probably produced by a c1imatie anomaly affec ting Ihe [berian Chains region. The environmental evolution of the Valdemiedes Formation took place in the transgress ive phase of the second cycle (Tb) defi ned by Gámez el al. ( 1991).
The Murero locality (Zaragoza provinee) is well known as a point of referenee for Ihe S1udy of Ihe Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary, because of its stratig raphica l continuity (Bilbilian to Caesaraugustian Stages), mixed monofacial character (marin sequence of carbonate-terrigenous shelf), palaeontological wealth (60 trilobite taxa), and the posibility of intercontinental correlation (there are both cosmopolitan and endemic trilobites). In this paper, the Iithostratigraphical, biostraligraphieal, mineralogical, sedimentological, paleoiehnological, and palaeoecological fealures obtained from two stratigraphical sections spanning the boundary in the Valdemiedes Formation are analyzed at Murero. The palaeontological record allows us to define two new trilobites biozones around the Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary: The HamalOlenus (Hamalolenus) iberiClls interval biozone (Lower Cambrian) and the Paradoxides (Acadoparadoxides) mureroensis interval biozone (Middle Cambrian). The most important palaeontological event in the sequence is located in a metric level with very fine sandstones and no trilobites, wich separates two characteristic trilobite assemblages. The first contai ning Hamalolellus (H.) ibericus, H. (Myopsolenus?) jilocanus, H. (Lotleia) lorlei, Perrector? atlus y Allleva llndulata tU/dulata; and the second including Paradoxides (Acadoparadoxides) I1lllrerOellsis, P. (Eccaparadoxides) sp. indet., Alueva has/ala, A. mora/rix, Hama/olellus (L) IO/lei, Condylopyge cruzel1sis y Perollopsis sp. This extinction event coincides with the miniaturization of the brachiopoda. the decrease of paleoichnological diversity, and the increase of clorithe percentage. This whole geological phenomenon is here named Valdemiedes geoevent. This geoevent is interpreted, through slratigraphieal and biofacial analysis, as probably produced by a c1imatie anomaly affec ting Ihe [berian Chains region. The environmental evolution of the Valdemiedes Formation took place in the transgress ive phase of the second cycle (Tb) defi ned by Gámez el al. ( 1991).