Monforte Fmn, unit 2, Cordillera Iberica Oriental (Devonian of Spain)

Where: Aragon, Spain (41.1° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 41.2° S, 29.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Monforte Formation, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• lower part of Eifelian

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous shale

• "Monforte is 60m thick and consists of: 1)3.5m basal crinoid limestones; 2) about 2m marly shales with rich fauna; 3) 16m argillaceous shales poor in fauna; 4) 20m coarser shales, with 4 groups of marly shale beds full of brachiopods and individual thin sandstone or siltstone layers; 5) 12m of shales that end with a few centrimetric sandstone layers; 6) 7m of an alternation of shales and brachiopod marls and, in the top, 3 marly limestone beds (up to 25cm each) that can be traced 16km along strike."ff

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 40433: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 23.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Rhenothyris sp.
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Alatiformia sp.
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa cf. bolastensis
 Orthida - Platyorthidae
Platyorthis sp.
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomellidae indet.
Rhipidomellidae indet. Schuchert 1913
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
Meganteris sp.
Meganteris sp. Suess 1855
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptagonia sp.
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
"Plicostropheodonta piligera" = Dictyostrophia (Plicostropheodonta)
"Plicostropheodonta piligera" = Dictyostrophia (Plicostropheodonta)
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestellidae indet.
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Tabulata -
Tabulata indet.
Tabulata indet. tabulate coral