Where: La Rioja, Argentina (28.6° S, 68.7° W: paleocoordinates 46.0° S, 60.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Member (Río del Peñón Formation), Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)
• Upper part of middle member; lower Moscovian according to U-Pb radiometric dates in Gulbranson et al. (2010).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: Fundación Miguel Lillo, Instituto de Paleontología, Sección Paleoinvertebrados (IPI).
Primary reference: G. A. Cisterna and T. Simanauskas. 2000. Brachiopods from the Rio del Penon Formation, Rio Blanco Basin, Upper Palaeozoic of Argentina. Revista Española de Paleontologia 15(2):129-151 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 136532: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.11.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Septosyringothyris jaguelensis Lech 1986 | |
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865 | |
Strophomenata | |
Costatumulus "sp. C" Waterhouse 1983 | |
Neochonetes pegnonensis n. sp.
Neochonetes pegnonensis n. sp. Cisterna and Simanauskas 2000 | |
Lingulata | |
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847 |