Diezma, Pseudodonezella buildups (Carboniferous of Spain)

Also known as Reef 242

Where: Andalucia, Spain (37.3° N, 3.3° W: paleocoordinates 18.2° S, 5.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Marbella Formation, Brigantian (336.0 - 330.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bafflestone

• very small Pseudodonezella buildups

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: H. G. Herbig. 1984. Rekonstruktion eines nicht mehr existenten Sedimentationsraumes - Die Kalkgerölle im Karbon-Flysch der Malagiden (Betische Kordillere, Südspanien) [Reconstruction of a lost sedimentary realm - the limestone boulders in the Carboniferous of the Malaguides (Betic Cordillera, southern Spain)]. Facies 11:1-108 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 76854: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.12.2007

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Taxonomic list

Rhodophyceae
 Calcifoliida - Calcifoliaceae
"Pseudodonezella sp." = Frustulata
"Pseudodonezella sp." = Frustulata Saltovskaya 1984
 Calcifoliida - Fasciellidae
Foraminifera
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
 Archaediscacea - Lasiodiscidae
Howchinia sp. Cushman 1927
 Archaediscacea - Archaediscidae
 Fusulinina - Tuberitinidae
 Fusulinina - Pseudoammodiscidae
 Fusulinina - Earlandiidae
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Axophyllidae
 Heterocorallia - Heterophylliidae