Also known as Xistensa Fm., Moncorvo, Portugal

Where: Portugal (41.0° N, 7.0° W: paleocoordinates 72.0° S, 78.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Xistenta Formation, Oretanian (468.0 - 459.0 Ma)

• PJW: only the top of the section is Dobrotiva; this is supposed to be "Llanvirn," so presumably this is Oretanian.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; pyritic, cherty/siliceous slate

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. A. Rebelo and I. Rabano. 1986. A contribution to the lithostratigraphy and palaeontology of the lower Palaeozoic rocks of the Moncorvo region, Northeast Portugal. Comunicacoes dos Servicos Geologicos de Portugal 72(1-2):45-57 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21013: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 14.06.2002, edited by Pete Wagner

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