Also known as Reef 236
Where: Castilla y Leon, Spain (43.0° N, 5.5° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° S, 8.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Valdeteja Formation, Bashkirian (323.2 - 315.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: intrashelf or intraplatform reef; lithified bafflestone and lithified bindstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: K. Eichmüller. 1985. Die Valdeteja Formation: Aufbau und Geschichte einer oberkarbonischen Karbonatplatform (Kantabrisches Gebirge, Nordspanien) [The Valdeteja Formation: environment and history of an Upper Carboniferous carbonate platform (Cantabrian Mountains, northern Spain)]. Facies 13:45-154 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 76870: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.12.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Florideophyceae | |
Petschoria elegans Korde 1951 | |
Foraminifera | |
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera Eichwald 1830 foram | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Hormogoneae | |
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878 |