Quebrada Vizcacha - Vz6 (Cambrian of Argentina)

Where: Jujuy, Argentina (23.2° S, 65.6° W: paleocoordinates 46.8° S, 127.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Parabolina (N.) frequens argentina zone, Lampazar Formation, Furongian (497.0 - 485.4 Ma)

• About 85 m above the base of the section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified shale

• Fair-weather suspension-fallout deposition.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: D. Balseiro, B. G. Waisfield, and N. E. Vaccari. 2011. Paleoecological dynamics of Furongian (Late Cambrian) trilobite-dominated communities from northwestern Argentina. Palaios 26:484-499 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 115420: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 02.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Reference focuses on trilobites.
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unclassified
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Rhabdinopleura sp.
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Asaphellus cf. aspinus
Asaphellus cf. aspinus Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968 trilobite
 Olenida - Olenidae
"Beltella ulrichi" = Leptoplastides ulrichi, Angelina hyeronimi, Parabolina (Neoparabolina) frequens, ? Protopeltura sp.
"Beltella ulrichi" = Leptoplastides ulrichi Kayser 1897 trilobite
Angelina hyeronimi Kayser 1876 trilobite
Parabolina (Neoparabolina) frequens Barrande 1868 trilobite
? Protopeltura sp. Broegger 1882 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
Micragnostus vilonii
Micragnostus vilonii Harrington and Leanza 1957