Collection from the Givetian/Frasnian Member B2 of Portilla LS, Verdiago, Spain (Devonian of Spain)

Where: Spain (42.9° N, 5.1° E: paleocoordinates 35.5° S, 31.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: B2 Member (Portilla Formation), Late/Upper Givetian (380.2 - 382.7 Ma)

• Bed is 54m from the base of the outcrop.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; peloidal packstone and mudstone

• "Packstone interbedded with 'shale' wavy bedding, loading features, skeletal interclasts greater than 4mm, and pellets"

Primary reference: T. J. A. Reijers. 1972. Facies and diagenesis of the Devonian Portilla Limestone Formation between the River Esla and the embalse de la Luna, Cantabrian Mountains, Spain. Leidse Geologische Mededelingen 47(2):163-249 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27708: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 23.12.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Fossil occurences are given on strat column diagrams and within the text.
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Algae
 Algae -
"Algae" indet.
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites sp.
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Mucrospirifer bouchardi
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod