Olaja Beds, 750 meters NE of Santa Olaja de la Varga (Carboniferous of Spain)

Also known as WP59; Wa372

Where: León, Spain (41.9° N, 3.3° W: paleocoordinates 11.7° S, 9.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gnathodus truyolsi conodont zone, Olaja Member (Genicera Formation), Arnsbergian (327.0 - 323.7 Ma)

• Given as Olaja Beds of Canalón Member of Genicera Formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, calcareous marl

• Fossils from calcareous and marly parts

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: Presumably the authors. REPOSITORY: Department of Geology at the University of Oviedo (DPO), Spain.

Primary reference: M. R. W. Amler and C. F. Winkler Prins. 1999. Lower Carboniferous marine bivalves from the Cantabrian Mountains (Spain). Scripta Geologica 120:1-45 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174749: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 26.11.2015

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for conodonts; ammonoids said to be present, but not specifically identified. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
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Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
? Posidoniella sp.
? Posidoniella sp. Koninck 1885 clam
 Pectinida - Euchondriidae
Euchondria sp.
Euchondria sp. Meek 1874 scallop