Polentinos: Zlichovian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
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Tabulata indet.
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
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Hexactinellida
- Reticulosa
- Protospongiidae
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Iberospongia globulara n. gen., n. sp.
Garcia-Bellido and Rigby 2004
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonoidea
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Ammonoidea indet.
Zittel 1884
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Goniatitidae
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Goniatites sp.
Haan 1825
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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unclassified
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Brachiopoda indet.
Cuvier 1805
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Trilobita
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Trilobita indet.
Walch 1771
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unclassified
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Zoophycos indet.
(Massalongo 1855)
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Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Palencia | County: | Polentinos |
| Coordinates: | 42.9° North, 4.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.2° South, 34.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Early Devonian |
| Stage: | Emsian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 2 |
| Key time interval: | Zlichovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 407.6 - 393.3 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: 'composed primarily of shale, but with some minor interbedded layers of mudstone, sandstone, and calcarenite.' | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: 'subtidal environment, with low deposition rates and low hydrodynamic energy conditions.' | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera,some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCM |
| Collection method comments: 'Specimens are deposited in the Department of Paleontology, Faculty of Geology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM).' | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Emsian fauna from the Abadia Fm, Palencia Spain | ||
| Database number: | 39707 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-06-03 19:02:10 | Last modified: | 2019-10-18 20:04:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-03 19:02:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10759. | D. C. Garcia-Bellido and J. K. Rigby. 2004. Devonian and Carboniferous sponges from Spain. Journal of Paleontology 78(3):431-455 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/W. Kiessling] |