Mariposas Fmn, submember d4a-beta, Nogueras area (Devonian of Spain)

Where: Aragon, Spain (41.1° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 50.7° S, 38.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: d4a Member (Mariposas Formation), Early/Lower Emsian (409.1 - 402.5 Ma)

• submember d4a-beta. Latest Siegenian and earliest Emsian. dehiscens zone.

•JA: originally entered as Pragian to Emsian, but the dehiscens zone is entirely early Emsian

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale and carbonate

• [shales and carbonate beds]

Size class: macrofossils

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 40403: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 23.06.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Icriodus sp. Branson and Mehl 1938 conodont
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria sp. Hall 1884 oyster
  -
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Uncinulidae
Uncinulus sp. Bayle 1878
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
 Spiriferida - Acrospiriferidae
 Orthida - Platyorthidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomellidae indet. Schuchert 1913
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
Meganteris sp. Suess 1855
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida -
Rhenostrophia sp. Boucot 1960
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
 Strophomenida - Eodevonariidae
Eodevonaria sp. Twenhofel 1914
 Strophomenida -
"Hemichonetes belairensis" = Chlupacina
"Hemichonetes belairensis" = Chlupacina
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
"Plicostropheodonta sp." = Dictyostrophia (Plicostropheodonta)
"Plicostropheodonta sp." = Dictyostrophia (Plicostropheodonta)
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Iridistrophia sp. Havlicek 1965
 Lophophorata -
Tentaculitida indet. Ljaschenko 1955
Trilobita
 Proetida - Otarionidae
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Cornuproetus (Cornuproetus) chouberti" = Paralepidoproetus chouberti
"Cornuproetus (Cornuproetus) chouberti" = Paralepidoproetus chouberti Alberti 1964 trilobite
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favositidae indet. Dana 1846 tabulate coral