PBDB Collection

Covadonga, Picos de Europa Formation, Asturias (Carboniferous of Spain)

Where: Spain (43.3° N, 5.1° W: paleocoordinates 6.8° S, 10.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: upper Member (Picos de Europa Formation), Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified marl

• red crinoidal, partly nodular, lenticular limestones and marls with crinoidal-bryozoan-coral debris

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: S. Rodriguez and J. Kullmann. 1999. Rugose corals from the upper member of the Picos de Europa Formation (Moscovian, Cantabrian Mountains, NW Spain). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 252:23-92 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67700: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.12.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Rugosa -	Duplocarinia sp. Duplocarinia sp. horn coral
Stauriida - Antiphyllidae	"Cyathaxonia pinguis n. sp." = Sloveniaxon pinguis, "Cyathaxonia degrootae" = Sloveniaxon degrootae, Rotiphyllum exile, Bradyphyllum rectum n. sp., Bradyphyllum sp., "? Neaxon multitabulatus n. sp." = Axisvacuus multitabulatus "Cyathaxonia pinguis n. sp." = Sloveniaxon pinguis Rodriguez and Kullmann 1999 horn coral "Cyathaxonia degrootae" = Sloveniaxon degrootae Rodriguez 1984 horn coral Rotiphyllum exile horn coral Bradyphyllum rectum n. sp. horn coral Bradyphyllum sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral "? Neaxon multitabulatus n. sp." = Axisvacuus multitabulatus Rodriguez and Kullmann 1999 horn coral
Stauriida - Zaphrentoididae	Zaphrentoides sp. Zaphrentoides sp. Shtukenberg 1895 horn coral
Stauriida - Lophotichiidae	? Lophotichium espinerense n. sp., ? Paraduplophyllum crassum, ? Paraduplophyllum sp. ? Lophotichium espinerense n. sp. horn coral ? Paraduplophyllum crassum horn coral ? Paraduplophyllum sp. horn coral
Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae	Cyathaxonia sp. n. sp., Cyathaxonia cornu Cyathaxonia sp. n. sp. Michelin 1847 horn coral sp. A and B Cyathaxonia cornu Michelin 1846 horn coral
Stauriida - Laccophyllidae	? Amplexocarinia asturica, ? Trochophyllum variabile n. sp., Kabakovitchiella ercinensis, Kabakovitchiella triformis n. sp. ? Amplexocarinia asturica horn coral ? Trochophyllum variabile n. sp. horn coral Kabakovitchiella ercinensis horn coral Kabakovitchiella triformis n. sp. horn coral
Stauriida - Polycoeliidae	? Calophyllum problematicum n. sp. ? Calophyllum problematicum n. sp. horn coral
Stauriida - Plerophyllidae	Ufimia accelerans n. sp., ? Plerophyllum sp. Ufimia accelerans n. sp. horn coral ? Plerophyllum sp. Hinde 1890 horn coral
Stauriida - Verbeekiellidae	Wannerophyllum carbonicum n. sp., ? Wannerophyllum incertum n. sp. Wannerophyllum carbonicum n. sp. horn coral ? Wannerophyllum incertum n. sp. horn coral
Stauriida - Lophophyllidae	Lophophyllidium breimeri, Lophophyllidium aff. breimeri, Lophophyllidium picoense n. sp., Lophophyllidium cf. picoense, ? Lophophyllidium lamellatum n. sp. Lophophyllidium breimeri horn coral Lophophyllidium aff. breimeri horn coral Lophophyllidium picoense n. sp. horn coral Lophophyllidium cf. picoense horn coral ? Lophophyllidium lamellatum n. sp. horn coral
Stauriida - Pentaphyllidae	? Pentaphyllum sp. ? Pentaphyllum sp. de Koninck 1872 horn coral sp. A and B
Stauriida - Tachylasmatidae	? Tachylasma sp. ? Tachylasma sp. Grabau 1922 horn coral