Where: Argentina (32.9° S, 69.1° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 36.8° S, 177.6° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Estancia San Martin Formation, St Davids (506.5 - 497.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified lime mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: M. S. Beresi and J. K. Rigby. 1994. Sponges and chancelloriids from the Cambrian of western Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 68(2):208-217 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 56547: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 21.11.2005
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Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida | |
Kiwetinokia ? utahensis Walcott 1920 glass sponge |