Terrades FI2, calcimicrobial-archaeocyath mounds (Cambrian to of Spain)

Also known as Reef 1839

Where: Cataluna, Spain (42.3° N, 2.9° E: paleocoordinates 49.4° S, 116.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Antatlasia guttapluviae trilobite zone, Evol Formation (Canaveilles Group), Atdabanian to Atdabanian (521.0 - 512.9 Ma)

• Archaeocyatha Zone VII, Ovetian. PJW: This is the Évol formation. Ovetian - Banian. Archaeocyatha Zone VII correlates with the Antatlasia guttapluviae trilobite zone (Perejón & Moreno-Eiris 2006)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

• calcimicrobial-archaeocyath mounds, up to 20 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: A. Perejon, E. Moreno-Eiris, and A. Abad. 1994. Monticulos de arqueociatos y calcimicrobios del Cambrico inferior de Terrades, Gerona (Pirineo oriental, Espana) [Lower Cambrian archaeocyatha and calcimicrobe mounds in Terrades, Gerona (Eastern Pyrenees, Spain)]. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural, Seccion geologica 89:55-95 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81291: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.06.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Renalcis
  - Chabakoviacea
Renalcis sp.
Renalcis sp. Vologdin 1932
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp.
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Archaeocyatha
 Archaeocyathida - Dictyocyathidae
Dictyocyathus sp.
Dictyocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Protopharetra densa, Protopharetra protea, "Protopharetra" sp.
Protopharetra densa archaeocyath sponge
Protopharetra protea archaeocyath sponge
"Protopharetra" sp. Bornemann 1884 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Anthomorphidae
Anthomorpha sisovae
Anthomorpha sisovae archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Asterocyathidae
Erismacoscinus calathus, Erismacoscinus "sp. 1", ? Retecoscinus sp.
Erismacoscinus calathus archaeocyath sponge
Erismacoscinus "sp. 1" Debrenne 1958 archaeocyath sponge
? Retecoscinus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Porocoscinidae
Porocoscinus flexibilis
Porocoscinus flexibilis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Agyrekocyathidae
Mennericyathus boadellensis n. sp.
Mennericyathus boadellensis n. sp. Perejon et al. 1994 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Gloriosocyathidae
Gloriosocyathus aff. permultus
Gloriosocyathus aff. permultus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Bronchocyathidae
Taylorcyathus viai
Taylorcyathus viai Perejon et al. 1994 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
Nochoroicyathus sp.
Nochoroicyathus sp. Zhuravleva 1951 archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Coscinocyathidae
Coscinocyathus aff. cancellatus, Coscinocyathus dianthus, Coscinocyathus marocanoides
Coscinocyathus dianthus archaeocyath sponge
Coscinocyathus marocanoides archaeocyath sponge
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Chancelloria sp.
Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920
Epiphyton
  - Ludloviaceae
Epiphyton sp.
Epiphyton sp. Bornemann 1886