ammonites
Puentelles, Archaeolithophyllum bank (Carboniferous of Spain)

Also known as Reef 3642

Where: Asturias, Spain (43.3° N, 4.6° W: paleocoordinates 5.0° S, 11.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Puentelles Formation, Kasimovian (306.9 - 303.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bindstone and lithified bafflestone

• Archaeolithophyllum bind- and bafflestone bank, 3.60 m thick

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: E. Minwegen. 2001. Die Biokonstruktionen im Pennsylvanium des Kantabrischen Gebirges (Nordspanien) [Pennsylvanian bioconstructions of the Cantabrian Mountains (Northern Spain)]. Kölner Forum für Geologie und Paläontologie 9:1-139 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 76627: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 26.11.2007