Arenos, sphinctozoan-algal boundstones (Carboniferous to of Spain)

Also known as Reef 2687

Where: Castilla y Leon, Spain (43.0° N, 4.5° W: paleocoordinates 6.7° S, 10.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lores Limestone Formation, Moscovian to Moscovian (315.2 - 303.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• sphinctozoan-algal boundstones

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: E. Minwegen. 2001. Die Biokonstruktionen im Pennsylvanium des Kantabrischen Gebirges (Nordspanien) [Pennsylvanian bioconstructions of the Cantabrian Mountains (Northern Spain)]. Kölner Forum für Geologie und Paläontologie 9:1-139 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 76629: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 26.11.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata -
Fistuliporina indet. Astrova 1964
Bryozoa
 Fenestellida -
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Polychaeta
 Terebellomorpha -
 Sphinctozoa -
Sphinctozoa indet. Steinmann 1882
Hydrozoa
  - Nigriporellidae
Tubiphytes sp. Maslov 1956
Foraminifera
 Endothyroidea - Bradyinidae
 Archaediscacea - Lasiodiscidae
Howchinia sp. Cushman 1927
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Seletonellaceae
 Dasycladales -