Locality F1. 1.5 km northeast of Fombuena village (Ordovician of Spain)

Where: Zaragoza, Spain (41.2° N, 1.2° W: paleocoordinates 71.7° S, 88.1° E)

When: Heterorthina kerfornei brachiopod zone, Sierra Member (Castillejo Formation), Dobrotivian (459.0 - 457.9 Ma)

• Hustedograptus teretiusculus graptolite zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, calcareous sandstone and shale

• The upper Sierra Member ... is characterized by alternating shales and sandstones that frequently include highly fossiliferous sandstone lenses with calcareous cement

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. R. Cole, W. I. Ausich, J. Colmenar and S. Zamora. 2017. Filling the Gondwanan gap: paleobiogeographic implications of new crinoids from the Castillejo and Fombuena formations (Middle and Upper Ordovician, Iberian Chains, Spain). Journal of Paleontology 91(4):715-734 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 184265: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 11.02.2017

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
 Maennilicrinida - Maennilicrinidae
Heviacrinus melendezi
Heviacrinus melendezi Gil Cid et al. 1996 Sea lily