valley of Arroyo del Agua, facies - bafflestone (Devonian of Spain)

Where: Spain (41.2° N, 2.8° W: paleocoordinates 56.8° S, 40.1° E)

When: Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; bafflestone

• micrite-rich bafflestone with traces of bioturbation displaying the most quiet environment, apparently below the base of wave activity.
• bafflestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: A. Ernst and A. May. 2012. Bryozoan Fauna from the Lower Devonian (Middle Lochkovian) of Sierra De Guadarrama, Spain. Journal of Paleontology 86(1):60-80 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144912: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 20.05.2013

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Foraminifera -
unclassified
  -
Cnidaria indet. Hatschek 1888
Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Auloporidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 tabulate coral
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Stenolaemata
 Fenestrata -
Fenestrata indet. Elias and Condra 1957
 Trepostomida - Atactotoechidae
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod