Where: La Rioja, Argentina (28.9° S, 68.8° W: paleocoordinates 67.0° S, 81.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Upper (Informal) Member (Punilla Formation), Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

• See Caminos et al. 1993 12do Congreso Geológico Argentino, Tomo II:31-41

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, sandy, conglomeratic siliciclastic sediments and lithified, silty, sandy siliciclastic

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: G. A. Cisterna and P. E. Isaacson. 2003. A new Carboniferous brachiopod genus from South America. Alcheringa 27:63-73 [D. Balseiro/D. Balseiro]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 136609: authorized by Diego Balseiro, entered by Diego Balseiro on 30.11.2012

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