Arauz Formation, shale member, Palencia, N Spain (Devonian of Spain)

Where: Palencia, Spain (43.0° N, 0.9° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 27.9° S, 1.9° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: shale Member (Arauz Formation), Late/Upper Emsian (402.5 - 391.9 Ma)

• upper Emsian

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, green, calcareous shale

• [a ca. 65m thick sequence of predominantly gray-green shales, which are calcareous in places and weather to ocher color]

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 40350: 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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Cleistodictyum sp.
Tentaculita
 Nowakiida - Nowakiidae
Nowakia cancellata, Nowakia richteri
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoida - Mimoceratidae
Gyroceratites gracilis
Gyroceratites gracilis Bronn 1835 ammonite
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Plectodonta (Dalejodiscus) minor
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Strophochonetes sp.
Strophochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Prokopia bouskai
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria vulvaria
Schizophoria vulvaria von Schlotheim 1820
 Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
Holynatrypa mirabilis
Trilobita
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Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
 Phacopida -
Phacopida indet.
Phacopida indet. Salter 1864 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Stauriida - Combophyllidae
Combophyllum sp.
Combophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral