The Arauz Formation is an Emsian fossiliferous stratigraphic unit in Spain.Arauz Formation in the Paleobiology Database It is a member of the Abadia Group. It is situated in the Province of Palencia, North Spain. It is in the north of Natural Park of Fuentes Carrionas and Fuente Cobre-Montaña Palentina where the Rio Arauz lies. It is from the Devonian of Spain.Silur und Devon im Arauz-Gebiet (Prov. Palencia, N-Spanien). H. Jahnke, A. Henn, H. Mader and J. Schweineberg, 1983, Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 13(1), pages 40-66,
Fossil content The following fossils have been reported from the formation:
Trilobites Kayserops obsoletus Metacanthina cf. asnoensis Leonaspis sp. Metacanthina sp. Odontochile sp. Otarion (Maurotarion) sp. Xiphogonium sp. Phacopida indet. Cephalopods Erbenoceras advolvens Fidelites ruppachensis Gyroceratites gracilis G. aff. laevis Latanarcestes (Latanarcestes) noeggerathi Mimagoniatites bohemicus Mimosphinctes sp. Corals Cleistodictyum porosum Pleurodictyum microspinosum Procterodictyum polentinoi Combophyllum sp. Rugosa indet. Conodonts Icriodus bilatericrescens I. corniger I. culicellus I. fusiformis I. sigmoidalis Ozarkodina steinhornensis Polygnathus dehiscens P. gronbergi P. perbonus Icriodus sp. Tentaculita Nowakia barrandei N. cancellata N. elegans N. richteri Rhynchonellata Arduspirifer arduennensis Bifida lepida Euryspirifer paradoxus Holynatrypa mirabilis Mauispirifer scutiformis Prokopia bouskai Schizophoria vulvaria Strophomenata Bojodouvillina (Bojodouvillina) morzakeci Crinostrophia aff. elegans Eodevonaria cf. jahnkei Plectodonta (Dalejodiscus) minor Strophochonetes sp.
See also List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Spain
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