Archaeocyaths, Ossa-Morena, Cordoba (Cambrian of Spain)

Also known as Reef 1756

Where: Córdoba, Spain (37.9° N, 4.8° W: paleocoordinates 55.9° S, 111.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pedroche Formation (Ossa-Morena Group), Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• Lower Ovetian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section

Primary reference: A. Perejón and E. Moreno-Eiris. 2007. Ovetian cryptic archaeocyaths, lower Cambrian from Las Ermitas (Córdoba, Spain). Hubann, B. & Piller, W. E. (Eds.)2007: Fossil Corals and Sponges: Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera, Graz 2003.- Österr. Akad. Wiss., Schriftenr. Erdwiss. Komm. 17:113-137 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78585: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 11.02.2008, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

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Epiphyton
  - Ludloviaceae
Epiphyton sp.
Epiphyton sp. Bornemann 1886
Archaeocyatha
 Ajacicyathida - Asterocyathidae
Erismacoscinus sp., Retecoscinus guadalquivirensis
Erismacoscinus sp. Debrenne 1958 archaeocyath sponge
Retecoscinus guadalquivirensis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Kymbecyathidae
? Urcyathus sp., Urcyathus sp.
? Urcyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Urcyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Cordobicyathidae
Cordobicyathus deserti
Cordobicyathus deserti archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Dokidocyathellidae
Dokidocyathella indet.
Dokidocyathella indet. Zhuravleva 1960 archaeocyath sponge
gen. et sp. indet.
 Ajacicyathida - Dokidocyathidae
Dokidocyathus avesiculoides
Dokidocyathus avesiculoides archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Fallocyathidae
Fallocyathus pedrochei
Fallocyathus pedrochei archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Densocyathidae
? Leptosocyathus sp.
? Leptosocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Bronchocyathidae
Morenicyathus cordobae, Morenicyathus arruzafai, Taylorcyathus sp.
Morenicyathus cordobae archaeocyath sponge
Morenicyathus arruzafai archaeocyath sponge
Taylorcyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
Rotundocyathus sp., Sibirecyathus sp., Nochoroicyathus sp., Nochoroicyathus cabanasi, Nochoroicyathus cf. eremitae, Nochoroicyathus simoni n. sp., Nochoroicyathus tkatschenkoi, Nochoroicyathus cf. umbrella, Nochoroicyathus valdegrajensis
Rotundocyathus sp. Vologdin 1960 archaeocyath sponge
Sibirecyathus sp. Vologdin 1937 archaeocyath sponge
Nochoroicyathus sp. Zhuravleva 1951 archaeocyath sponge
3xsp. 1; 1xsp. 2; sp. 3; sp. 4
Nochoroicyathus cabanasi archaeocyath sponge
Nochoroicyathus cf. eremitae archaeocyath sponge
Nochoroicyathus simoni n. sp. archaeocyath sponge
Nochoroicyathus tkatschenkoi archaeocyath sponge
Nochoroicyathus cf. umbrella archaeocyath sponge
Nochoroicyathus valdegrajensis archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Coscinocyathidae
Coscinocyathus sp.
Coscinocyathus sp. Bornemann 1884 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida -
Archaeocyathina indet.
Archaeocyathina indet. Okulitch 1935 archaeocyath sponge
gen. et sp. indet.
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Protopharetra gemmata, Protopharetra sp., Protopharetra circula, Protopharetra grandicaveata, Archaeopharetra sp.
Protopharetra gemmata archaeocyath sponge
Protopharetra sp. Bornemann 1884 archaeocyath sponge
Protopharetra circula archaeocyath sponge
Protopharetra grandicaveata archaeocyath sponge
Archaeopharetra sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Dictyocyathidae
Dictyocyathus stipatus, Dictyocyathus sp.
Dictyocyathus stipatus archaeocyath sponge
Dictyocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae
Okulitchicyathus andalusicus, Neoloculicyathus magnus
Okulitchicyathus andalusicus archaeocyath sponge
Neoloculicyathus magnus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Eremitacyathidae
Eremitacyathus fixus
Eremitacyathus fixus archaeocyath sponge
 Monocyathida - Monocyathidae
Archaeolynthus polaris, Archaeolynthus sp.
Archaeolynthus polaris archaeocyath sponge
Archaeolynthus sp. Taylor 1910 archaeocyath sponge
 Monocyathida - Tumuliolynthidae
Tumuliolynthus sp.
Tumuliolynthus sp. Zhuravleva 1963 archaeocyath sponge
Renalcis
  - Chabakoviacea
Renalcis sp.
Renalcis sp. Vologdin 1932
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp.
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878