Villech 36A, Comabella Fm (Devonian of Spain)

Where: Spain (42.3° N, 1.7° E: paleocoordinates 32.6° S, 22.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MN1 conodont zone, Comabella Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: nodular, gray, red limestone and condensed, red, calcareous shale

• nodular reddish and grayish limestone and condensed red shaly beds

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collected by Gouwy, Liao, Valenzuele-Rios

Collection methods: acetic

• collection is kept at the Biology Department of the University of Valencia (Burjasot)

Primary reference: S. Gouwy, J. C. Liao, and J. I. Valenzuela-Rios. 2013. Eifelian (Middle Devonian) to lower Frasnian (Upper Devonian) conodont biostratigraphy in the Villech section, Spanish Central Pyrenees. Bulletin of Geosciences 88(2):315-338 [S. Gouwy/S. Gouwy/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144625: authorized by Sofie Gouwy, entered by Sofie Gouwy on 14.05.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Palmatolepidae
 Ozarkodinida -
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
"Ancyrodella cf. pristina" = Ancyrodella rotundiloba pristina Khalymbadzha and Chernyscheva 1970 conodont
"Polygnathus decorosus" = Polygnathus decorosa Stauffer 1938 conodont