PBDB Collection

Givetian fauna from the lower Candas Fm, East Pravia Asturias, NW Spain (Devonian of Spain)

Where: Asturias, Spain (43.5° N, 2.4° E: paleocoordinates 35.0° S, 27.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: lower Member (Candas Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; argillaceous carbonate

• "carbonate-argillaceous bottoms sheltered by the reefal constructions"

Collection methods: Brachiopods are reposited in the Departmento de Geologia (Paleontologia) Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Espana.

Primary reference: F. Alvarez. 1990. Devonian Athyrid Brachiopods from the Cantabrian Zone (NW Spain). Biostratigraphie du Paleozoique 11:1-311 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25433: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 12.09.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
Athyridida - Athyrididae	Athyris cf. concentrica Athyris cf. concentrica von Buch 1834 "Athyris" concentrica problem with precise diagnosis for the genus
Anthozoa
Rugosa - Charactophyllidae	Charactophyllum sp., Temnophyllum sp. Charactophyllum sp. Simpson 1900 horn coral Temnophyllum sp. Walther 1928 horn coral
Cystiphyllida - Digonophyllidae	Mesophyllum (Mesophyllum) maximum Mesophyllum (Mesophyllum) maximum horn coral Mesophyllum (Mesophyllum) maximum maximum
Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae	"Mesophyllum (Cystiphylloides) secundum" = Cystiphylloides, "Mesophyllum (Cystiphylloides) macrocystis" = Cystiphylloides "Mesophyllum (Cystiphylloides) secundum" = Cystiphylloides horn coral Mesophyllum (Cystiphylloides) secundum secundum "Mesophyllum (Cystiphylloides) macrocystis" = Cystiphylloides horn coral Mesophyllum (Cystiphylloides) macrocystis macrocystis
Stauriida - Stringophyllidae	Stringophyllum acanthicum, Stringophyllum cf. isactis, Stringophyllum cf. normale, Sociophyllum elongatum Stringophyllum acanthicum horn coral Stringophyllum cf. isactis horn coral Stringophyllum cf. normale horn coral Sociophyllum elongatum horn coral
Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae	Grypophyllum sp., Acanthophyllum concavum Grypophyllum sp. Wedekind 1922 horn coral Acanthophyllum concavum horn coral
Stauriida - Amplexidae	Heterophrentis cf. simplex, Heterophrentis venezuelensis, Heterophrentis cf. prolifica Heterophrentis cf. simplex horn coral Heterophrentis venezuelensis horn coral Heterophrentis cf. prolifica horn coral
Stauriida - Siphonophrentidae	Siphonophrentis gigantea Siphonophrentis gigantea horn coral
Stauriida - Zaphrentidae	Heliophyllum sp., Heliophyllum halli Heliophyllum sp. Hall 1846 horn coral Heliophyllum halli Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
Stauriida - Disphyllidae	Disphyllum aff. goldfussi, Disphyllum sp. Disphyllum aff. goldfussi horn coral Disphyllum sp. Fromentel 1861 horn coral
Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae	Pterorrhiza sp., Pterorrhiza sp., Phillipsastrea cf. hennahii, Phillipsastrea cf. goldfussi, Thamnophyllum caespitosum Pterorrhiza sp. Ehrenberg 1834 horn coral Pterorrhiza sp. Ehrenberg 1834 horn coral originally entered as 'Pexiphyllum sp.'; Pexiphyllum is now within Pterorrhiza, according to the Treatise Phillipsastrea cf. hennahii horn coral misspelled as Phillipsastrea hennaii Phillipsastrea cf. goldfussi horn coral Thamnophyllum caespitosum horn coral
Stauriida - Endophyllidae	Endophyllum cf. abditum Endophyllum cf. abditum horn coral