Huesa Fmn, Segura-Huesa del Comun area, Aragon, Spain (Devonian of Spain)

Where: Aragon, Spain (41.0° N, 1.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.3° S, 19.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Huesa Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; micaceous shale and sandstone

• see lithology
• "very fine dark grey to black shales with or without mica. In constantly changing amounts, coarser mica, silt, and fine sand may be diffusely present or may have been brought in to form well defined beds...Dark quartzites intercalate in black shales and seem to be turbitides...The sediments evoke the impression of an environment within a rapidly sinking trought with level bottom (uninterrupted beds)..."

Primary reference: P. Carls. 1988. The Devonian of Celtiberia (Spain) and Devonian paleogeography of SW Europe. In N. J. McMillan, A. F. Embry, D. J. Glass (eds.), Devonian of the World, Volume I 421-466 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40448: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 23.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Anthozoa
  -
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Cephalopoda
 Orthoceratoidea -
 Goniatitida -
Goniatitida indet. Hyatt 1884 ammonite
 Agoniatitida - Beloceratidae
Beloceras sp. Hyatt 1884 ammonite
 Agoniatitida - Gephuroceratidae
Manticoceras sp. Hyatt 1884 ammonite
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae
Buchiola sp. Barrande 1881 clam
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida -
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetidae indet. Bronn 1862
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidulina sp. Rzhonsnitzkaya 1956
Tentaculita
 Homoctenida - Homoctenidae
 Nowakiida - Nowakiidae
 Styliolinida - Styliolinidae
Styliolina sp. Karpinsky 1884
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops" sp. Emmrich 1839 trilobite
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus linguiformis Hinde 1879 conodont
"Polygnathus dubius" = Polygnathus dubia Hinde 1879 conodont
Polygnathus webbi Stauffer 1938 conodont
Polygnathus xylus Stauffer 1940 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Palmatolepidae
"Polygnathus asymmetricus" = Mesotaxis asymmetrica
"Polygnathus asymmetricus" = Mesotaxis asymmetrica Bischoff and Ziegler 1957 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
 Ichnofossils -
Zoophycos sp. Massalongo 1855