Arauz Formation, shale member, Palencia, N Spain: Late Emsian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Rugosa
Rugosa indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Combophyllidae
Combophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
unclassified
Cleistodictyum sp.
Tentaculita - Nowakiida - Nowakiidae
Nowakia cancellata
Nowakia richteri
Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Mimoceratidae
Gyroceratites gracilis Bronn 1835
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
Holynatrypa mirabilis
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria vulvaria (von Schlotheim 1820)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Prokopia bouskai
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Strophochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Plectodonta (Dalejodiscus) minor
Trilobita
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771
Trilobita - Phacopida
Phacopida indet. Salter 1864
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Palencia
Coordinates: 43.0° North, 0.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.0° South, 35.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Devonian Epoch: Early Devonian
Stage: Emsian 10 m.y. bin: Devonian 2
Key time interval: Late Emsian
Age range of interval: 398.3 - 393.3 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Abadia Formation:Arauz Member:shale
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: upper Emsian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,green calcareous "shale"
Lithology description: [a ca. 65m thick sequence of predominantly gray-green shales, which are calcareous in places and weather to ocher color]
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:40350
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-06-22 08:10:20 Last modified:2006-09-13 14:01:03
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-22 08:10:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10892. H. Jahnke, A. Henn, H. Mader and J. Schweineberg. 1983. Silur und Devon im Arauz-Gebiet (Prov. Palencia, N-Spanien). Newsletters on Stratigraphy 13(1):40-66 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]