Sant Julià de Vilatorta () is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
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 ...
in
Catalonia
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, Spain.
Paleontological and archeological sites
*Cánoves.
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes ...
paleontological site where a new
echinoid species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
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
Municipalities in Osona
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