J.Cap-4 (C6) Rio de las Capillas (Ordovician of Argentina)

Where: Jujuy, Argentina (24.0° S, 65.1° W: paleocoordinates 40.7° S, 132.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Llanvirn (468.0 - 458.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray limestone and lithified, sandy shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J.J. Zunino and E. Mauri

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 9063: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 20.09.2000, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

• Primarily trilobite systematics and biostrat.
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Hoekaspis schlagintweiti Harrington and Leanza 1942 trilobite