J.Til-2 Quebrada du Rupasca ( of Argentina)

Where: Jujuy, Argentina (23.6° S, 65.4° W: paleocoordinates 44.7° S, 128.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tremadoc (486.5 - 477.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, gray shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. Possiel

Primary reference: H. J. Harrington and A. F. Leanza. 1957. Ordovician trilobites of Argentina. Department of Geology, University of Kansas Special Publication. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press 1:1-276 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 9093: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 22.09.2000, edited by Melanie Hopkins

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Taxonomic list

• Primarily trilobite taxonomy and biostrat.
Trilobita
 Olenida - Olenidae
Parabolinella argentinensis Kobayashi 1936 trilobite
Leptoplastides granulosus Harrington 1938 trilobite
"Triarthrus tetragonalis" = Bienvillia tetragonalis Harrington 1938 trilobite
"Acerocarina glaber" = Peltocare olenoides Salter 1866 trilobite
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Pseudokainella keideli Harrington 1938 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Peronopsidae