Mariposas Fmn, submember d4b-beta, Nogueras area, Aragon, Spain (Devonian of Spain)

Where: Aragon, Spain (41.1° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 44.6° S, 34.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: d4b Member (Mariposas Formation), Late/Upper Emsian (402.5 - 391.9 Ma)

• submember d4b-beta. Lower part of Upper Emsian. Polygnathus laticostatus zone.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, green shale

• "about 30m of dark greenish grey shales with many layers full of fossils"

Primary reference: P. Carls. 1988. The Devonian of Celtiberia (Spain) and Devonian paleogeography of SW Europe. In N. J. McMillan, A. F. Embry, D. J. Glass (eds.), Devonian of the World, Volume I 421-466 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40408: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 23.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus sp.
Cladochonus sp. M'Coy 1847 tabulate coral
Tentaculita
 Styliolinida - Styliolinidae
Styliolina sp.
Styliolina sp. Karpinsky 1884
 Nowakiida - Nowakiidae
Nowakia cancellata, Viriatellina sp.
Viriatellina sp. Boucek 1964
 Nowakiida - Striatostyliolinidae
Metastyliolina sp.
Metastyliolina sp. Boucek and Prantl 1961
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida -
Strophomenida indet.
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
Plicanoplia sp.
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
"Hemichonetes sp." = Chlupacina
"Hemichonetes sp." = Chlupacina
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Plectodonta sp.
Plectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Arduspirifer sp.
Arduspirifer sp. Mittmeyer 1972
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Obesaria sp.
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Prokopia sp.
Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae
Buchiola sp.
Buchiola sp. Barrande 1881 clam
Trilobita
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Leonaspis sp.
Leonaspis sp. Richter and Richter 1917 trilobite
 Proetida - Otarionidae
Otarion sp.
Otarion sp. Zenker 1833 trilobite
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Kayserops sp., Rhenops sp.
Kayserops sp. Delo 1935 trilobite
Rhenops sp. Richter and Richter 1943 trilobite
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops fecundus" = Ananaspis fecunda
"Phacops fecundus" = Ananaspis fecunda Barrande 1852 trilobite
Conodonta
  -
Pandorinella steinhornensis
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus sp.
Polygnathus sp. Hinde 1879 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Icriodus bilatericrescens