Pre-conference fieldtrip, October 17–18, 2019: Ediacaran, Lower Palaeozoic and landscapes within the Villuercas-Ibores-Jara UNESCO Global Geopark
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https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.43725.575Keywords:
Ediacaran, Cambrian, Ordovician, Site of Geological Interest, Villuercas-Ibores-Jara GeoparkAbstract
Several stratigraphic units characteristic of the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition between Guadalupe and Castañar de Ibor, north of the Villuercas-Ibores-Jara Geopark (Cáceres), are described and illustrated here. The outcrops of (i) the Castañar and Villarta formations (Ibor Group, terminal Ediacaran and Terreneuvian), together with their content in vendotaenids, sabelliditids and microbial reefs with Cloudina; and (ii) the San Lorenzo Formation (Terreneuvian) and its palaeoichnological content, are detailed. Finally, the palaeoichnological record of the Armorican Quartzite (Lower Ordovician), mainly of Cruziana and Daedalus, which characterize some sites of geological interest (geosites) in the Geopark, are highlighted.
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