Saladillo Grande section level S6 (Ordovician of Argentina)

Where: Argentina (28.7° S, 67.8° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° S, 130.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: 4 Member (Suri Formation), Arenigian (478.6 - 468.1 Ma)

• Approximately 1180 m above base of Suri Formation.

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, green sandstone and lithified, bioturbated siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Benedetto

Primary reference: J. L. Benedetto. 2003. Early Ordovician (Arenig) brachiopods from volcanicalstic rocks of the Famatina Range, northwest Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 77(2):212-242 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 115169: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 30.08.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Tetralobulidae
Rugostrophia protoandina Benedetto 2003