Santa Catalina Hill. 11 meters (Ordovician to of Spain)

Where: Zaragoza, Spain (41.1° N, 1.2° W: paleocoordinates 72.6° S, 84.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pena del Tormo Member (Fombuena Formation), Berounian to Berounian (457.9 - 455.8 Ma)

• Locally called the "Upper iron oolite and bryozoan marls"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified marl

• Marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: E. Villas. 1992. New Caradoc brachiopods from the Iberian Chains (northeastern Spain) and their stratigraphic significance. Journal of Paleontology 66(5):772-793 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 166725: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 24.02.2015

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Taxonomic list

• Primarily articulate brachiopod taxonomy with others listed for biostrat.
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Giraldiellidae
Gelidorthis meloui Villas 1985
 Orthida - Heterorthidae
Svobodaina armoricana Babin and Mélou 1972