Robledo Formation type area (Silurian of Spain)

Where: Palencia, Spain (43.0° N, 0.8° W: paleocoordinates 66.6° S, 53.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Robledo Formation (Suertes Group), Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

• Dated on basis of Chitinozoa. Material is from uppermost beds of formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and shale

• "Eine Wechsellagerung von Sandsteinen, Quarziten, und Tonsteinen"

Primary reference: H. Jahnke, A. Henn, H. Mader and J. Schweineberg. 1983. Silur und Devon im Arauz-Gebiet (Prov. Palencia, N-Spanien). Newsletters on Stratigraphy 13(1):40-66 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40344: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 22.06.2004

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