S.Vic-9 (I22) Quebrada Mesón ( of Argentina)

Where: Salta, Argentina (22.3° S, 64.8° W: paleocoordinates 46.1° S, 128.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tremadoc (486.5 - 477.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, gray, green, sandy shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by D. Nesossi

Primary reference: H. J. Harrington and A. F. Leanza. 1957. Ordovician trilobites of Argentina. Department of Geology, University of Kansas Special Publication. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press 1:1-276 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 115992: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 05.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Primarily trilobite taxonomy and biostrat.
Trilobita
 Olenida - Olenidae
"Parabolinopsis mariana" = Leptoplastides marianus
"Parabolinopsis mariana" = Leptoplastides marianus Hoek 1912 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Alsataspididae
Hapalopleura clavata Harrington and Leanza 1957 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Asaphellus catamarcensis Kobayashi 1935 trilobite
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Kainella meridionalis Kobayashi 1935 trilobite
Apatokephalus serratus Boeck 1838 trilobite
Pseudokainella lata Kobayashi 1935 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae
Brackebuschia acheila Harrington and Leanza 1957 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Geragnostus sp. Howell 1935