Also known as Reef 3839
Where: Castilla y Leon, Spain (42.8° N, 5.3° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° S, 22.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Portilla Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
• Upper Givetian-?Lower Frasnian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: R. Birenheide and F. M. Soto. 1992. Rugose Einzel- und Phaceloid-Korallen aus dem Ober-Givetium (Mittel-Devon) des Kantabrischen Gebirges, NW Spanien [Upper Givetian (Middle Devonian) solitary and phaceloid rugose corals from the Cantabrian Mountains, NW Spain]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 221:95-123 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 82151: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.07.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
Acanthophyllum confusum n. sp.
Acanthophyllum confusum n. sp. Birenheide and Soto 1992 horn coral | |
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Pexiphyllum cf. multizonatum horn coral
Phillipsastrea cf. rozkowskae horn coral
Pterorrhiza marginata horn coral | |
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Metriophyllum lituum horn coral | |