Loc. 323 - Verbios [Perapertu Fm] (Carboniferous of Spain)

Where: Spain (42.9° N, 4.3° W: paleocoordinates 9.6° S, 9.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Perapertu Formation, Bashkirian (323.2 - 315.2 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Perapertu Fm, which is unconformably overlain by the Carmen Fm. AGE: Upper Bashkirian or lower Moscovian in age. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown positions within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, shelly/skeletal reef rocks

• ENVIRONMENT: Biohermal.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Carbonate, possibly biohermal. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown, perhaps Winkler Prins. REPOSITORY: Unknown.

Primary reference: R. H. Wagner. 1970. Carboniferous nappe structures in north-eastern Palencia (Spain). Trabajos de Geologia (4)431-459 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 162349: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Lists characteristic macrofossils. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications.
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Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Amblysiphonella barroisi
Amblysiphonella barroisi Steinmann 1882 demosponge
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp.
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Reticularia aff. huecoensis
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Phricodothyris sp.
Phricodothyris sp. George 1932
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Coledium sp.
Coledium sp. Grant 1965
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Krotovia granulosa, Alitaria frechi, Eomarginifera lobata
Trilobita
 Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Brachymetopus sp.
Brachymetopus sp. M'Coy 1847 trilobite