Where: Catamarca, Argentina (27.6° S, 67.6° W: paleocoordinates 38.7° S, 130.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: C Member (Suri Formation), Floian (477.7 - 470.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, gray limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by A.V. Borrello
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 116147: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 05.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
"Hoekaspis megacantha" = Merlinia megacantha
"Hoekaspis megacantha" = Merlinia megacantha Leanza 1941 trilobite |