Where: Argentina (30.3° S, 68.8° W: paleocoordinates 45.6° S, 128.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Los Espejos Formation, Ludlow (427.4 - 423.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; green sandstone
Collection methods: Coquinas 10 and 11 in Table 2.
Primary reference: T. M. Sanchez, B. G. Waisfeld, and J. L. Benedetto. 1991. Lithofacies, taphonomy, and brachiopod assemblages in the Silurian of western Argentina: A review of Malvinokaffric Realm communities. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 4(4):307-329 [M. Foote/M. Foote/O. Alfaro]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 25056: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 27.08.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nuculites argentinum clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Trilobita | |
Trimerus kayseri trilobite |