SP−II. El Riscal, 3.7 km south of San Pablo de los Montes (Ordovician of Spain)

Where: Toledo, Spain (39.5° N, 4.3° W: paleocoordinates 74.1° S, 82.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Didymograptus artus graptolite zone, Navas de Estena Formation, Dobrotivian (459.0 - 457.9 Ma)

• Also called Pizarras de Navas de Estena.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; slate

• No information on lithology is given, other than the collection coming from the Calymene Slates (Pizarras de Calymene).

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•Crinoids occur in shale and siltstone facies that are either unmetamorphosed or that have undergone low-grade metamorphism.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: J. Reyes-Abril, E. Villas, and J. C. Gutiérrez-Marco. 2010. Orthid brachiopods from the Middle Ordovician of the Central Iberian Zone, Spain. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55(2):285-308 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 166763: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 25.02.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Orthidae
Orthambonites sp., Paralenorthis estenaensis, Paralenorthis lolae n. sp., Gutiorthis incurvata
Orthambonites sp. Pander 1830
Paralenorthis estenaensis Reyes-Abril et al. 2010
Paralenorthis lolae n. sp. Reyes-Abril et al. 2010
Gutiorthis incurvata Reyes-Abril et al. 2010