Aiguafreda (Carboniferous of Spain)

Where: Catalonia, Spain (41.8° N, 2.3° E: paleocoordinates 18.2° S, 10.5° E)

When: Gnathodus bilineatus conodont zone, El Papiol Formation, Asbian (340.0 - 336.0 Ma)

• Why isn't Warnantian an official term??? It's been one since, like, forever, dudes...

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; brown, green, red shale and limestone

• greenish, ochre or red shales altemating with light-coloured limestone bands

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Gandl, E. Ferrer, J. Magrans and J. Sanz López. 2015. Trilobiten aus dem Unter-Karbon des Katalonischen Kütengebirges (NE-Spanien). Abhandlungen der Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung 571:1-83 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229173: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 19.02.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Brachymetaspis coniceps Gandl et al. 2015 trilobite
Drevermannia (Paradrevermannia) fastigata Gandl et al. 2015 trilobite
Drevermannia (Pseudodrevermannia) pruvosti Richter and Richter 1939 trilobite
Drevermannia (Pseudodrevermannia) manevilai Gandl et al. 2015 trilobite
"Menorcaspis antecedens n. sp." = Menorcaspis tiedti antecedens Gandl et al. 2015 trilobite
Menorcaspis tiedti antecedens n. ssp.
"Menorcaspis brevicauda" = Menorcaspis calamicensis brevicauda Gandl et al. 2015 trilobite
Menorcaspis calamicensis brevicauda n. ssp.
Menorcaspis weisflogi Gandl et al. 2015 trilobite
? Menorcaspis arcanensis Gandl et al. 2015 trilobite
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae