On the N side of the small village of Floresta: Frasnian, Colombia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Cymostrohpia waringi n. gen., n. sp.
Anthozoa
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites aff. hamiltonensis
Morales 1965
Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae
Pleurodictyum americanum
Morales 1965
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
"Orthoceras" sp. Breynius 1832
Morales 1965
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyostoma lineata (Conrad 1842)
Morales 1965
Platyceras aff. nodosum Conrad 1841
Morales 1965
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
? Aviculopecten informal sp. A M'Coy 1851
? Aviculopecten informal sp. B M'Coy 1851
Aviculopecten wellsi n. sp.
Morales 1965
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
? Pterinea informal n. sp.
Actinopteria sp. Hall 1884
Morales 1965
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia cf. subindenta
Bivalvia - Grammysiidae
Grammysia sp. de Verneuil 1847
Morales 1965
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Pulsiidae
Schellwienella goldringae n. sp.
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Dictyostrophia cooperi n. gen., n. sp.
Stropheodonta kozlowskii n. gen., n. sp.
corrected as Strophomena (Strophodonta)
? Stropheodonta sp. Hall 1852
corrected as Strophomena (Strophodonta)
Megastrophia hopkinsi n. gen., n. sp.
Megastrophia pygmaea n. gen., n. sp.
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Eodevonariidae
Eodevonaria imperialis n. sp.
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
? Chonetes cf. stubeli
? Chonetes cf. billingsi
Chonetes comstockii
Morales 1965
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonostrophiidae
Chonostrophia knodi n. sp.
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena boyaca n. sp. Caster 1939
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophonellidae
Strophonella meridionalis n. sp.
Strophonella floweri n. sp.
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Rhytistrophia n. gen. caribbeana
spelled with current rank as Leptostrophia (Rhytistrophia)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Cymostrophia schucherti n. gen., n. sp.
Cymostrophia dickeyi n. gen., n. sp.
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Productella cf. spinulicosta Hall 1857
recombined as Spinulicosta spinulicosta
Spinulicosta spinulicosta (Hall 1857)
Morales 1965
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
Leiorhynchus mysia
Morales 1965
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
? Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Camarotoechia dotis Hall 1867
Morales 1965
Rhynchonellata - Tropidoleptidae
Tropidoleptus carinatus (Conrad 1839)
Morales 1965
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Orthis sp. Dalman 1828
Morales 1965
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa harrisi n. sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina hamiltonensis (Hall 1857)
Morales 1965
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
"Spirifer" kingi n. sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Mediospirifer sp.
Morales 1965
? Spinocyrtia cf. valenteana
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Elytha colombiana n. sp.
synonym of Elita
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Acrospiriferidae
Acrospirifer olssoni n. sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Australospirifer n. gen. cf. antarcticus
Brachyspirifer palmerae n. sp.
Paraspirifer sp.
Paraspirifer sp.
Morales 1965
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Anoplotheca cf. silvetii
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira concinna (Hall 1843)
Morales 1965
original and current combination Atrypa concinna
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Pentagonia gemmisulcata n. sp.
Meristella wheeleri n. sp.
Vitulina sp. Hall 1867
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Meganterididae
? Derbyina sp.
Meganteris australis n. sp.
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Centronellidae
Amphigenia informal n. sp. ?
Morales 1965
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
? Cryptonella sp.
Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Pholidops florestae n. sp.
synonym of Craniops
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora megalopora n. sp.
McNair 1940
? Fistulipora anomala n. sp.
McNair 1940
? Fistulipora delicata n. sp.
McNair 1940
Cyclotrypa stellata n. sp.
McNair 1940
Cyclotrypa boyaca n. sp.
McNair 1940
Cyclotrypa carribeana n. sp.
McNair 1940
Cyclotrypa dickeyi n. sp.
McNair 1940
? Cyclotrypa reticulata n. sp.
McNair 1940
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata
Intrapora fragilis n. sp.
McNair 1940
Intrapora megalopora n. sp.
McNair 1940
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Semicosciniidae
Semicoscinium colombiensis n. sp.
McNair 1940
? Semicoscinium minutum n. sp.
McNair 1940
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora elegantula n. sp.
McNair 1940
Polypora granulifera n. sp.
McNair 1940
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Unitrypa casteri n. sp.
McNair 1940
Fenestrellina colombiana n. sp.
McNair 1940
Fenestrellina olssoni n. sp.
McNair 1940
Fenestrellina acuta n. sp.
McNair 1940
Fenestrellina quadrata n. sp.
McNair 1940
Fenestrellina harrisi n. sp.
McNair 1940
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
Sulcoretepora subramosa n. sp.
McNair 1940
Sulcoretepora olssoni n. sp.
McNair 1940
Taeniopora florestae n. sp.
McNair 1940
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
Prismopora inornata n. sp.
McNair 1940
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Proetus sp. Steininger 1831
Morales 1965
Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae
? Cyphaspis sp. Burmeister 1843
Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Odontopleura callicera (Hall and Clarke 1888)
Morales 1965
recombined as Kettneraspis callicera
Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae
? Homalonotus sp. König 1825
Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
? Dalmanites cf. patacamayaensis
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops cf. salteri
Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae
Cryphaeus sp. Green 1837
Morales 1965
replaced by Greenops
Pterobranchia - Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae
Acanthograptus sp.
Morales 1965
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia State/province:Boyaca
Coordinates: 5.9° North, 72.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.7° South, 49.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Late/Upper Devonian
Stage:Frasnian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 4
Key time interval:Frasnian
Age range of interval:382.70000 - 372.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Floresta-Labateca
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Caster refers to rocks as Floresta Series. Barrett (Refs. 9602, 9639) seems to suggest that fossiliferous samples are large Emsian to Eifelian in age. Caster suggests correspondences with a number of Lower and Middle Devonian faunas elsewhere. Pastor-Chacón, Reyes-Abril, Cáceres-Guevara, Sarmiento & Cramer 2013 make it Frasnian.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:yellow "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Ref. 9674: "The specimens collected at Floresta are preserved in soft, yellowish and buff colored shales which contained at the time of deposition considerable amounts of calcium carbonate."
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: Olsson and Dickey collected material described by Caster and by McNair. Morales lists only those taxa that were not already reported by these previous authors.
Taxonomic list comments:Caster and McNair lists are old, but I have not yet been able to find a general systematic revision of Caster and McNair's work.
Metadata
Also known as:Floresta Series Fauna
Database number:36012
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-01-13 08:39:37 Last modified:2020-06-26 20:27:31
Access level:the public Released:2004-01-13 08:39:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9673. K. E. Caster. 1939. A Devonian fauna from Colombia. Bulletins of American Paleontology 24(83):1-218 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]

Secondary references:

9602 S. F. Barrett. 1986. Paleoecology and stratigraphy of Devonian sediments in the northern Andes, Colombia: paleogeographic implications [Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Chicago]. 1-329 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]
9639 S. F. Barrett. 1988. The Devonian System in Colombia. In N. J. McMillan, A. F. Embry, D. J. Glass (eds.), Devonian of the World, Volume I 705-717 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Uhen]
9674 A. H. McNair. 1940. Devonian Bryozoa from Colombia. Bulletins of American Paleontology 25(93):1-34 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]
9677 P. A. Morales. 1965. A contribution to the knowledge of the Devonian faunas of Colombia. Boletin de Geologia 19:51-111 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]