El Moreno - MOR1B (Cambrian of Argentina)

Where: Jujuy, Argentina (23.9° S, 65.7° W: paleocoordinates 46.1° S, 127.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• Approximately 7 m above base of 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 115430: 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
Lotagnostus shergoldi, Micragnostus vilonii, Gymnagnostus bolivianus
Micragnostus vilonii Harrington and Leanza 1957
Gymnagnostus bolivianus
[entered as Gymagnostus bolivianus]
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Onychopyge sp.
Onychopyge sp. Harrington 1938 trilobite
 Olenida - Olenidae
Parabolinella sp., Parabolinella cf. tumifrons, Parabolinella coelatifrons, Parabolina (Neoparabolina) frequens, Plicatolina scalpa
Parabolinella sp. Brögger 1882 trilobite
Parabolinella cf. tumifrons Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968 trilobite
Parabolinella coelatifrons Harrington and Leanza 1957 trilobite
Parabolina (Neoparabolina) frequens Barrande 1868 trilobite