Colle, Boñar, Cantabria (Devonian of Spain)

Also known as Reef 2769

Where: Castilla-Léon, Spain (42.9° N, 5.3° W: paleocoordinates 41.6° S, 31.4° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: La Vid Group, Late/Upper Emsian (402.5 - 391.9 Ma)

• Dalejian (upper Emsian)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; marl

• Facies C: fossiliferous reddish shales/marlstones with interleaved skeletal limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section

Primary reference: L.P. Fernández, M. Nose, E. Fernández-Martínez, I. Méndez-Bedia, St Schroeder and F. Soto. 2006. Reefal and mud mound facies development in the Lower Devonian La Vid Group at the Colle outcrops (Léon province, Cantabrian Zone, NW Spain). Facies 52:307-327 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77390: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 10.01.2008

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Stauriidae
Synaptophyllum sp. Simpson 1900 horn coral
 Auloporida -
Schlueterichonus sp. Fernández et al. 2006 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus sp. M'Coy 1847 tabulate coral
Bainbridgia sp. Ball 1933 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Crenulipora sp. Le Maître 1956 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnoptychia sp. Hall 1876 tabulate coral
 Favositida -
Dendropora sp. Michelin 1846 tabulate coral
Bryozoa
 Fenestellida -
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Blastoidea
  -
Blastoidea indet. Say 1825 blastoid