Santa Cruz Fmn, submember d3b-beta, upper Sst, Nogueras area, Aragon, Spain (Devonian of Spain)

Where: Aragon, Spain (41.1° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 52.9° S, 39.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: d3b Member (Santa Cruz Formation), Pragian (410.8 - 407.6 Ma)

• submember d3b-beta, arenaceous top unit (40m thick). Middle Siegenian.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and marl

• See lithology.
• Santa Cruz Formation (290m, mainly shales and sandstones and a few limestone horizons). This begins with 75m of fine argilalceous shales (member d3a)...From the top of the shaly member d3a onward, four characteristic rhythmothems can be observed (d3b through d3c). The calcareous levels at the rhythmothem bases contain phosphorite and abundant fish scales and thus correspond to short-lasting condensations...[d3b-beta is marly lower down and arenaceous higher up]

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 40400: 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
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Treveropyge sp., Metacanthina sp.
Treveropyge sp. Struve 1958 trilobite
Metacanthina sp. Pillet 1954 trilobite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria sp.
Actinopteria sp. Hall 1884 oyster
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp.
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Uncinulidae
Uncinulidae indet.
Uncinulidae indet. Rzonsnitzkaja 1956
 Terebratulida - Rhipidiothyrididae
Rhenorensselaeria sp.
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
Meganteris sp.
Meganteris sp. Suess 1855
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp.
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
 Orthida - Platyorthidae
Platyorthis sp.
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina sp.
Dalejina sp. Havlicek 1953
 Spiriferida - Acrospiriferidae
Mauispirifer sp., Acrospirifer sp.
Acrospirifer sp. Wedekind 1926
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Euryspirifer sp., Hysterolites crassicosta, Hysterolites sp.
Euryspirifer sp. Wedekind 1926
Hysterolites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Ctenochonetes sp.
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes sp.
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
 Strophomenida - Eodevonariidae
Eodevonaria sp.
Eodevonaria sp. Twenhofel 1914
 Strophomenida - Stropheodontidae
Stropheodontidae indet.
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
"Tentaculites" sp.
"Tentaculites" sp. von Schlotheim 1820