Levipustula fauna - sandstone association (Carboniferous to of Argentina)

Where: San Juan, Argentina (31.7° S, 69.4° W: paleocoordinates 51.8° S, 69.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Leoncito Formation, Serpukhovian to Serpukhovian (330.9 - 315.2 Ma)

• late Serpukhovian-Bashkirian

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandstone

• glaciomarine environment; From a taphonomic viewpoint the brachiopod-dominated shell concentrations (Septosyringothyris keideli-Costuloplica leoncitensis assemblage) are interpreted as being of sedimentological origin, produced by reworking and winnowing above the fair-weather waves base in the lower shoreface.
• stratigraphical section of the Leoncito Formation is dominated by sandstone facies, with the diamictite beds appearing at the top; middle part with very thick beds of fine to medium grained sandstone that grades upwards into grey mudstone, where the Levipustula Fauna has been identified

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: G. A. Cisterna and A. F. Sterren. 2008. Late Carboniferous Levipustula Fauna in the Leoncito Formation, San Juan Province, Argentine Precordillera: Biostratigraphical and palaeoclimatological implications. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 120(1):137-147 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229114: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 13.02.2023

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Taxonomic list

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Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
? Fenestella sp.
? Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Spiriferellina octoplicata
Spiriferellina octoplicata
'Spiriferellina’ octoplicata
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Septosyringothyris keideli
 Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Beecheria sp.
Beecheria sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
very scarce
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Costuloplica leoncitensis
Costuloplica leoncitensis
(Harrington)-Costuloplica leoncitensis
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Levipustula levis
Levipustula levis Maxwell 1951
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
? Barrealispira sp.
? Barrealispira sp. Taboada and Sabattini 1987 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
? Pleurophorella sp.
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus sp.
Schizodus sp. King 1844 clam
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia sp.
Phestia sp. Chernyshev 1951 clam