Villech 18A, Comabella Fm (Devonian of Spain)

Where: Spain (42.3° N, 1.7° E: paleocoordinates 37.3° S, 27.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: timorensis- rhenanus/varcus conodont zone, Comabella Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• interval covering the timorensis and the rhenanus/varcus zones.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: nodular, gray, red limestone and condensed, red, calcareous shale

• nodular reddish and grayish limestone and condensed red shaly beds

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collected by Gouwy, Liao, Valenzuele-Rios in 2008-2009

Collection methods: acetic

• collection is kept at the Biology Department of the University of Valencia (Burjasot)

Primary reference: S. Gouwy, J. C. Liao, and J. I. Valenzuela-Rios. 2013. Eifelian (Middle Devonian) to lower Frasnian (Upper Devonian) conodont biostratigraphy in the Villech section, Spanish Central Pyrenees. Bulletin of Geosciences 88(2):315-338 [S. Gouwy/S. Gouwy/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144489: authorized by Sofie Gouwy, entered by Sofie Gouwy on 08.05.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus sp., Polygnathus eiflius, Polygnathus ensensis, Polygnathus hemiansatus, Polygnathus pseudofoliatus, Polygnathus xylus, Polygnathus linguiformis
Polygnathus sp. Hinde 1879 conodont
Polygnathus pseudofoliatus Wittekindt 1966 conodont
Polygnathus xylus Stauffer 1940 conodont
Polygnathus linguiformis Hinde 1879 conodont