Devonian organic buildup, Moniello Fm., Spain (Devonian to of Spain)

Also known as Reef 1612

Where: Asturias, Spain (43.6° N, 6.0° W: paleocoordinates 41.3° S, 32.1° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Moniello Formation, Emsian to Emsian (407.6 - 387.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; shelly/skeletal, gray, argillaceous packstone and wackestone

• gray, argillaceous limestone with a high content in dendroid colonies of rugose corals; texturally, this unit shows a wackestone-packstone matrix

Primary reference: I. Mendez-Bedia and F. Soto. 1984. Paleoecological succession in a Devonian organic buildup (Moniello Fm., Cantabrian Mountains, NW Spain). Géobios 8:151-157 [A. Miller/K. Layou/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5908: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 14.12.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Stauriidae
Synaptophyllum sp. n. sp.
Synaptophyllum sp. n. sp. Simpson 1900 horn coral
S. n. sp. 1
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Heliophyllum sp.
Heliophyllum sp. Hall 1846 horn coral
 Stauriida - Eridophyllidae
Prismatophyllum aff. ovoideum
 Stauriida - Mucophyllidae
Pseudamplexus sp. n. sp.
Pseudamplexus sp. n. sp. Weissermel 1897 horn coral
P. n. sp. 1, P. n. sp. 2
 Favositida - Favositidae
Pachyfavosites sp.
Pachyfavosites sp. Sokolov 1952 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp.
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites sp.
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Stromatoporella sp.
Stromatoporella sp. Nicholson 1886 stromatoporoid sponge
S. sp., S. sp. 1
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma verrucosum, Actinostroma sp.
Actinostroma verrucosum stromatoporoid sponge
Actinostroma sp. Nicholson 1886 stromatoporoid sponge
A. sp. 1, A. sp. 2
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp.
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878