Lower mbr., La Cantera Fm., Sierra de Villicum, Argentina: Early Llandeilo, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pteraspidomorpha - Arandaspididae
Sacabambaspis janvieri Gagnier et al. 1986
Conodonta - Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Drepanoistodus sp. Lindstrom 1971
Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Polyplacognathidae
Eoplacognathus sp. Hamar 1966
Conodonta - Prioniodontida
Phragmodus sp. Branson and Mehl 1933
Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
Rhodesognathus sp. Bergstrom and Sweet 1966
Conodonta - Prioniodontida
Erismodus sp.
Conodonta - Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Panderodus sp. Ethington 1959
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina
Coordinates: 31.0° South, 69.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.5° South, 132.6° West
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Middle Ordovician
Stage: Darriwilian 10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 3
*Period:Middle Ordovician *Epoch:Early/Lower Llandeilo
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Llandeilo
Key time interval: Early Llandeilo
Age range of interval: 461.3 - 458.4 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:La Cantera Member:Lower
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified calcareous sandstone
Lithology description: turbiditic,well-rounded calcareous sandstone
Environment:submarine fan
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: JA: marked by Novack-Gottshall without explanation as omitting some genera, some macrofossils, some microfossils, and species names, but apparently complete
Metadata
Database number:8868
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-09-02 12:41:22 Last modified:2007-02-21 19:26:07
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

606. G. L. Albanesi, J. L. Benedetto, and P. Gagnier. 1995. Sacabambaspis janvieri (Vertebrata) y conodontes del Llandeiliano temprano en la Formacion La Cantera, Precordillera de San Juan, Argentina. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencas 60(3-4):51 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]