Arauz Formation

The Arauz Formation is an Emsian fossiliferous stratigraphic unit in Spain. 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.

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.