Sant Julià de Vilatorta () is a

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in the ''comarca'' of

Osona Osona () is a comarques of Catalonia, comarca situated in the Central Catalonia, central region of Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is Vic, Spain, Vic. Its population in 2001 was 129,543. Osona covers roughly the same area as the historic Catalan co ...

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, Spain.

Paleontological and archeological sites

*Cánoves.

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paleontological site where a new echinoid

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called Calzadaster Friasi was discovered and described in 2004. Nowadays we only know the holotipus preserved in the Museu de geología del seminari de Barcelona and two Paratypes in a private Collection in Amer village.Carrasco, José Francisco. 2004-2005. Calzadaster friasi. Un nuevo género y una nueva especie de Spatangoida (Echinoidea) del Eoceno de Cataaluña. Batalleria ( Barcelona ): revista de paleontología, ISSN 0214-7831, Nº. 12, 2004-2005, págs. 49-56.
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References

* Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). ''Guia de Catalunya'', Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. (Spanish). (Catalan).

External links

Government data pages
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