Santa Catalina Hill. 45 meters: Berounian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Thenarocrinidae
Picassocrinus villasi n. gen., n. sp. Cole et al. 2017
Cole et al. 2017
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Patelliocrinidae
Eopatelliocrinus hispaniensis n. sp. Cole et al. 2017
Cole et al. 2017
Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae
Ambonacrinus decorus n. gen., n. sp. Cole et al. 2017
Cole et al. 2017
Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Anthracocrinidae
Fombuenacrinus nodulus Cole et al. 2017
Cole et al. 2017
Dalicrinus hammanni Cole et al. 2017
Cole et al. 2017
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Giraldiellidae
Gelidorthis carlsi n. sp. Villas 1992
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Hesperorthidae informal indet. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Drabovia informal sp. 2
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella unguis (Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
Dalmanella unguis unguis
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Heterorthidae
Svobodaina armoricana Babin and Mélou 1972
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Triplesia iberica Villas 1985
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina lignani Villas 1985
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Zaragoza
Coordinates: 41.1° North, 1.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:77.3° South, 10.5° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Late Ordovician
10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 4-5
Key time interval: Berounian Brachiopod zone:  Svobodaina armoricana
Age range of interval: 458.5 - 449.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fombuena Member:Huerva
Local section:Santa Catalina Hill Local bed:45 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Locally called the "Upper iron oolite and bryozoan marls"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified argillaceous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: 30 cm thick sandstone bed
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils,species names
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Primarily articulate brachiopod taxonomy with others listed for biostrat.
Metadata
Database number:166728
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-02-24 10:57:07 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2015-02-24 10:57:07
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

6393. 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]

Secondary references:

61591 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]