Arroyo de Pedroche 1 section, 150m - 200m (Cambrian of Spain)

Where: Spain (38.0° N, 4.8° W: paleocoordinates 55.7° S, 112.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lemdadella linaresae trilobite zone, 1 Member (Pedroche Formation), Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• Lower Ovetian in text.

•Biozone (Trilobites) - Bigotina bivallata, Lendadella perejoni also

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone and shale

• The Pedroche Formation conformably overlies the Torreárboles Formation. It is composed of limestone and shale, with scarce sandstone and dolostone,

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: trace

Primary reference: J. A. G. Vintaned, E. Linan, E. Mayoral, M. E. Dies, R. Gozalo and F. Muñiz. 2006. Trace and soft body fossils from the Pedroche Formation (Ovetian, Lower Cambrian of the Sierra de Córdoba, S Spain) and their relation to the Pedroche event. Geobios (39)443-468 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153698: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 08.01.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Redlichiidae
Eoredlichia cf. ovetensis, Lemdadella aff. linaresae, Lemdadella perejoni, Lemdadella linaresae
 Redlichiida - Bigotinidae
Bigotina bivallata, cf. Bigotinella sp.
Bigotina bivallata Cobbold 1935 trilobite
cf. Bigotinella sp. Suvorova 1960 trilobite
Tiernavia tiernae
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Tiernavia tiernae
Tiernavia tiernae Fedonkin 1985
 Ichnofossils -
Planolites montanus, Torrowangea sp., Torrowangea rosei, Cochlichnus anguineus, Psammichnites "ichnosp. A", Treptichnus bifurcus
Planolites montanus Richter 1937
Torrowangea sp. Webby 1970
Torrowangea rosei Webby 1970
Cochlichnus anguineus Hitchcock 1858
Treptichnus bifurcus Miller 1889