Cardano Formation, Palencia, N Spain (Devonian to of Spain)

Where: Palencia, Spain (43.0° N, 0.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° S, 22.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Cardano Formation (Carrion Group), Givetian to Givetian (387.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• Givetian into basalmost Frasnian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and claystone

• [a sequence, up to 90m thick, of nodular limestones and claystones]

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40356: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 22.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Bertionella (Bertionella) cf. erecta
Ostracoda
 Cypridinida - Bolbozoidae
Entomozoe pseudorichterina, Entomozoe tenera
Entomozoe pseudorichterina ostracod
subgenus given as "N."
Entomozoe tenera ostracod
subgenus given as "N."
 Myodocopida - Entomozoidae
Ungerella torleyi, Ungerella multicostata, Entomoprimitia concentrica, ? Entomoprimitia paeckelmanni, Richterina zimmermanni
Entomoprimitia concentrica ostracod
listed as "Entoprimitia"
? Entomoprimitia paeckelmanni ostracod
listed as "Entoprimitia"
Richterina zimmermanni ostracod
subgenus given as "V."
Tentaculita
 Homoctenida - Homoctenidae
Homoctenus tenuicinctus, Homoctenus krestovnikovi, Homoctenus ultimus
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Tornoceratidae
Tornoceras sp.
Tornoceras sp. Hyatt 1884 ammonite
 Agoniatitida - Pharciceratidae
Pharciceras lunulicosta
Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae
Buchiola sp.
Buchiola sp. Barrande 1881 clam
Conodonta
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Icriodus subterminus
Icriodus subterminus Youngquist 1947 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Ancyrodella binodosa, Ancyrodella curvata, Polygnathus cristatus, Polygnathus limitaris, Polygnathus ovatinodosus, Polygnathus xylus, Ancyrognathus asymmetricus, Schmidtognathus hermanni, Schmidtognathus wittekindti
Ancyrodella curvata Branson and Mehl 1934 conodont
Polygnathus xylus Stauffer 1940 conodont