“Buntsandstein” magnetostratigraphy and biostratigraphic reappraisal from eastern Iberia: Early and Middle Triassic stage boundary definitions through correlation to Tethyan sections

The Early/Middle Triassic paleopole for the Catalan Coastal Ranges is located at 55.1°N 172.4E (Dp = 1.4, Dm = 2.7).and the Middle/Late Triassic paleopole for the Iberian Ranges is 55°N 201E (Dp = 1.7, Dm = 3.1). These paleopoles are compatible with the general trend of the Iberian apparent polar wander path which indicates a northward motion during the Triassic related to the general northward translation of Pangea.