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 1115 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 115170: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 30.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Rhynchonellata | |
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? Desmorthis bifurcata Benedetto 2003 | |
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Ffynnonia famatinensis Benedetto 2003 | |
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Suriorthis depressus Benedetto 2003
Paralenorthis suriensis Benedetto 2003 | |
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Hesperonomiella arcuata Benedetto 2003
Hesperonomia orientalis Benedetto 1998
Mollesella planiventralis Benedetto 2003 | |
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? Panderina ambigua Benedetto 2003 | |
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Rugostrophia protoandina Benedetto 2003 | |
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Trigonostrophia reversa Benedetto 2003 | |
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Camerella sp. Billings 1859 | |
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? Crossiskenidium stelzneri Benedetto 2003
Protoskenidioides cf. revelata Williams 1974
Skenidioides kayseri Benedetto 2003 | |
| Strophomenata | |
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Tritoechia sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936 | |
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Pinatotoechia acantha Benedetto 2001 | |