Where: Salta, Argentina (22.2° S, 64.9° W: paleocoordinates 44.4° S, 129.6° 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, muddy sandstone
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 1:1-276 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 116094: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 05.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Nannopeltis modesta Harrington 1938 trilobite | |
Thysanopyge argentina Kayser 1898 trilobite |