Santa Cruz Fmn, submember d3b-beta, lower marls, Nogueras area, Aragon, Spain (Devonian of Spain)

Where: Aragon, Spain (41.1° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 52.9° S, 39.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: d3b Member (Santa Cruz Formation), Pragian (410.8 - 407.6 Ma)

• submember d3b-beta, lower marls. Middle Siegenian.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; marl and sandstone

• See lithology.
• Santa Cruz Formation (290m, mainly shales and sandstones and a few limestone horizons). This begins with 75m of fine argilalceous shales (member d3a)...From the top of the shaly member d3a onward, four characteristic rhythmothems can be observed (d3b through d3c). The calcareous levels at the rhythmothem bases contain phosphorite and abundant fish scales and thus correspond to short-lasting condensations...[d3b-beta is marly lower down and arenaceous higher up]

Primary reference: P. Carls. 1988. The Devonian of Celtiberia (Spain) and Devonian paleogeography of SW Europe. In N. J. McMillan, A. F. Embry, D. J. Glass (eds.), Devonian of the World, Volume I 421-466 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40399: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 23.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
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Cephalopoda indet.
Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
orthocones
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaenopyxis sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Eospirifer sp.
Eospirifer sp. Schuchert 1913
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Sieberella sp.
Sieberella sp. Oehlert 1887
 Rhynchonellida -
Rhynchonellida indet.