Quebrada Totora - TotoraA (Cambrian of Argentina)

Where: Argentina (23.6° S, 65.7° W: paleocoordinates 46.3° S, 127.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• Approximately 47 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 115457: 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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Pseudotalbontina sp., Kainelidae indet., Pseudoharpatagnostus tmetus
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
Micragnostus vilonii, Gymnagnostus bolivianus, ? Strictagnostus sp.
Micragnostus vilonii Harrington and Leanza 1957
Gymnagnostus bolivianus
[entered as Gymagnostus bolivianus]
? Strictagnostus sp. Shergold 1975
Trilobita
 Ptychopariida - Norwoodiidae
Levisaspis sp.
Levisaspis sp. Rasetti 1943 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae
Conophrys sp.
Conophrys sp. Callaway 1877 trilobite
 Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Onychopyge sp.
Onychopyge sp. Harrington 1938 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Asaphellus cf. aspinus
Asaphellus cf. aspinus Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Parapilekia sp.
Parapilekia sp. Kobayashi 1934 trilobite
 Olenida - Olenidae
Parabolina (Neoparabolina) frequens, Angelina hyeronimi, Parabolinella coelatifrons
Parabolina (Neoparabolina) frequens Barrande 1868 trilobite
Angelina hyeronimi Kayser 1876 trilobite
Parabolinella coelatifrons Harrington and Leanza 1957 trilobite