Quebrada Vizcacha - VzBase.26 (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 11 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 115421: 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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Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
Gymnagnostus bolivianus
Gymnagnostus bolivianus
[entered as Gymagnostus bolivianus]
Trilobita
 Olenida - Olenidae
Parabolina (Neoparabolina) frequens, Parabolinella cf. tumifrons
Parabolina (Neoparabolina) frequens Barrande 1868 trilobite
Parabolinella cf. tumifrons Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968 trilobite