Tres Saltos Gulch (Cambrian of Argentina)

Also known as TS

Where: San Juan, Argentina (31.4° S, 69.3° W: paleocoordinates 39.2° S, 127.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Los Sombreros Formation, Furongian (497.0 - 485.4 Ma)

• lower Middle and Upper Cambrian olistoliths emplaced in the successions of this Ordovician Formation

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, muddy, carbonaceous mudstone

• limy mudstones

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by Beresi

• collected from olistoliths; The samples of this fossil collection are deposited in the Unidad de Geología y Paleontología of the IANIGLA, CRICYT (Centro Regional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas), Mendoza, Argentina.

Primary reference: M.S. Beresi. 2003. Cambrian sponge spicules and Chancelloriid sclerites from the Argentine Precordillera: A review. Geologica Acta 1(1):73-84 [C. Simpson/T. Karim]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 233874: authorized by Carl Simpson, entered by Talia Karim on 06.03.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Hexactinellida
 Reticulosa - Protospongiidae
Protospongia sp., Diagoniella sp.
Protospongia sp. Salter 1864 glass sponge
Diagoniella sp. Rauff 1894 glass sponge