Collection from the Frasnian Veneros Member of the Portilla LS, Matallana Spain: Frasnian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Demospongiae
- Hadromerida
- Suberitidae
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Chaetetes sp.
Fischer von Waldheim 1829
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Pachyporidae
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Thamnopora sp.
Steininger 1831
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Alveolitidae
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Alveolites sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Zaphrentidae
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Zaphrentidae indet.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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unclassified
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Brachiopoda indet.
Cuvier 1805
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Atrypidae
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Desquamatia sp.
Alekseeva 1960
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Spinatrypa sp.
Stainbrook 1951
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Atrypa sp.
Dalman 1828
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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Geography
| Country: | Spain | County: | Matallana |
| Coordinates: | 42.9° North, 1.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.2° South, 22.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Late/Upper Devonian |
| Stage: | Frasnian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 4 |
| *Period: | Middle Devonian | ||
| Key time interval: | Frasnian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 382.70000 - 372.20000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | deformed bedding,dolomitic,brown marl |
| Secondary lithology: | packstone |
| Lithology description: dolomitic marl interbedded with packstone "wedges" , contains "gullies" and geopetal structures | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera,species names |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Fossil occurences are given on strat column diagrams and within the text. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 27607 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-12-13 16:52:44 | Last modified: | 2003-07-09 21:19:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-12-13 16:52:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7599. | T. J. A. Reijers. 1972. Facies and diagenesis of the Devonian Portilla Limestone Formation between the River Esla and the embalse de la Luna, Cantabrian Mountains, Spain. Leidse Geologische Mededelingen 47(2):163-249 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/J. Sessa] |