Mirantes de Luna (Devonian of Spain)

Also known as Reef 3797

Where: Castilla-León, Spain (42.9° N, 5.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° S, 21.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Portilla Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• thickness: 98 m

•collection include ML-1-4; 5; 6-8; 9-15

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• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• grop of beds consists of bafflestone with some rare lenses of floatstone and some rare undifferentiated beds

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: I. Méndez-Bedia, F. Soto, and E. Fernández-Martínez. 1994. Devonian reef types in the Cantabrian Mountains (NW Spain) and their faunal composition. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 172(2):161-183 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80708: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 05.05.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Acanthophyllum sp., Acanthophyllum cf. concavum
Acanthophyllum sp. Dybowski 1873 horn coral
 Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
Smithiphyllum sp.
Smithiphyllum sp. Birenheide 1962 horn coral
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Disphyllum sp., Spinophyllum sp., Spinophyllum cf. aiense
Disphyllum sp. Fromentel 1861 horn coral
Spinophyllum sp. Wedekind 1922 horn coral
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Phillipsastrea sp., "Medusaephyllum pradoanum" = Phillipsastrea givetica, Thamnophyllum sp.
Phillipsastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 horn coral
"Medusaephyllum pradoanum" = Phillipsastrea givetica Ivania 1960 horn coral
Thamnophyllum sp. Penecke 1894 horn coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites ? sp., Alveolites suborbicularis, Crassialveolites sp., Spongioalveolites sp., Alveolitella sp.
Alveolites ? sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
Alveolites suborbicularis Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
Crassialveolites sp. Sokolov 1955 tabulate coral
Spongioalveolites sp. Iven 1980 tabulate coral
Alveolitella sp. Sokolov 1952 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp.
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp.
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
Demospongiae
 Chaetetida - Chaetetidae
Chaetetella sp.
Chaetetella sp. Sokolov 1962 chaetetid sponge
Stromatoporoidea
 Clathrodictyida - Atelodictyidae
Atelodictyon cf. strictum
Atelodictyon cf. strictum stromatoporoid sponge