Heliolitidae (Cnidaria, Tabulata) del Devónico de la Cordillera Cantábrica (NW de España)

Abstract

This paper constitutes the first work on the order Heliolitida (Cnidaria, Tabulata) from the Devonian of the Cantabrian Mountains. In this area, the presence of heliolitids is restricted to two moments, upper Emsian-lower Eifelian and upper Givetian, when reefal conditions were established. In spite of the preliminary condition of this study, the systematic conclusions allow to compare the cantabrian heliolitids with those from different regions with devonian reefal sediments and to deduce several biological behaviours of these corals.