Where: Salta, Argentina (24.5° S, 65.8° W: paleocoordinates 42.0° S, 130.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Arenigian (478.6 - 468.1 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, gray, green, sandy shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by P. Pascual
Primary reference: H. J. Harrington and A. F. Leanza. 1957. Ordovician trilobites of Argentina. Department of Geology, University of Kansas Special Publication 1:1-276 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 115820: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 04.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Thysanopyge argentina Kayser 1898 trilobite |