Polentinos (Devonian of Spain)

Also known as Emsian fauna from the Abadia Fm, Palencia Spain

Where: Palencia, Spain (42.9° N, 4.5° W: paleocoordinates 44.2° S, 34.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: CorteĢs Member (Abadia Formation), Zlichovian (409.1 - 391.9 Ma)

• Lower part of member.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; shale and sandstone

• 'subtidal environment, with low deposition rates and low hydrodynamic energy conditions.'
• 'composed primarily of shale, but with some minor interbedded layers of mudstone, sandstone, and calcarenite.'

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCM

• 'Specimens are deposited in the Department of Paleontology, Faculty of Geology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM).'

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 39707: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 03.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Tabulata -
Tabulata indet.
Tabulata indet. tabulate coral
Hexactinellida
 Reticulosa - Protospongiidae
Iberospongia globulara n. gen. n. sp.
Iberospongia globulara n. gen. n. sp. Garcia-Bellido and Rigby 2004 glass sponge
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet.
 Goniatitida - Goniatitidae
Goniatites sp.
Goniatites sp. Haan 1825 ammonite
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
 Ichnofossils -
Zoophycos indet.
Zoophycos indet. Massalongo 1855