PBDB Collection

Rio Volcancito. 0-1 m. (Cambrian of Argentina)

Where: Argentina (28.9° S, 67.8° W: paleocoordinates 40.8° S, 127.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Parabolina (Neoparabolina) frequens argentina trilobite zone, Filo Azul Member (Volcancito Formation), Furongian (497.0 - 485.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; marl

• marls with parallel lamination

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. F. Tortello and S. B. Esteban. 2007. Trilobites de la formación Volcancito (Miembro Filo Azul, Cámbrico tardío) del sistema de Famatina, la Rioja, Argentina: Aspectos sistemáticos y paleoambientales. Ameghiniana 44(3):597-620 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 235392: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 04.07.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
Asaphida - Remopleurididae	Pseudokainella tosellii Pseudokainella tosellii trilobite
Asaphida - Ceratopygidae	Onychopyge riojana Onychopyge riojana Harrington 1938 trilobite
Asaphida - Asaphidae	Asaphellus riojanus Asaphellus riojanus Harrington and Leanza 1957 trilobite
Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae	Conophrys sp. Conophrys sp. Callaway 1877 trilobite
Olenida - Olenidae	Plicatolina scalpta, Angelina cf. hyeronimi, Parabolina (Neoparabolina) frequens, Parabolinella "sp. 1 Tortello and Esteban 2007", Parabolinella "sp. 2 Tortello and Esteban 2007" Plicatolina scalpta Harrington and Leanza 1957 trilobite Angelina cf. hyeronimi Kayser 1876 trilobite Parabolina (Neoparabolina) frequens Barrande 1868 trilobite Parabolinella "sp. 1 Tortello and Esteban 2007" Brögger 1882 trilobite Parabolinella "sp. 2 Tortello and Esteban 2007" Brögger 1882 trilobite
Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae	Bodenbenderia longifrons Bodenbenderia longifrons Harrington and Leanza 1957 trilobite
Artiopoda
Agnostida - Agnostidae	Lotagnostus sp., Gymnagnostus bolivianus, Gymnagnostus perinflatus, Strictagnostus micropeltis, Micragnostus calviformis, Micragnostus vilonii Lotagnostus sp. Whitehouse 1936 Gymnagnostus bolivianus Gymnagnostus perinflatus Harrington and Leanza 1957 Strictagnostus micropeltis Micragnostus calviformis Harrington and Leanza 1957 Micragnostus vilonii Harrington and Leanza 1957
Agnostida - Diplagnostidae	Pseudorhaptagnostus (Machairagnostus) tmetus, Pseudorhaptagnostus (Machairagnostus) corrugatus Pseudorhaptagnostus (Machairagnostus) tmetus Harrington and Leanza 1957 Pseudorhaptagnostus (Machairagnostus) corrugatus Suarez Soruco 1976
Pterobranchia
Graptoloidea - Anisograptidae	Rhabdinopora eurycephala Rhabdinopora eurycephala graptolite