Givetian-Frasnian fauna from the upper Candas Fm, Asturias, NW Spain (Devonian to of Spain)

Where: Asturias, Spain (43.5° N, 2.4° E: paleocoordinates 35.0° S, 28.0° E)

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When: upper Member (Candas Formation), Late/Upper Givetian to Late/Upper Givetian (380.2 - 382.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandstone

Collection methods: Brachiopods are reposited in the Departmento de Geologia (Paleontologia) Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Espana

Primary reference: F. Alvarez. 1990. Devonian Athyrid Brachiopods from the Cantabrian Zone (NW Spain). Biostratigraphie du Paleozoique 11:1-311 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25436: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 12.09.2002

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
 Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae
Cyathophyllum (Cyathophyllum) sp. Goldfuss 1826 horn coral
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
"Disphyllum goldfussi" = Disphyllum caespitosum Goldfuss 1826 horn coral
Hexagonaria hexagona Goldfuss 1826 horn coral
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris cf. concentrica von Buch 1834
"Athyris" concentrica problem with precise diagnosis for the genus