Los Espejos Formation, Cerro del Fuerte section (Silurian to of Argentina)

Where: Argentina (30.3° S, 68.8° W: paleocoordinates 45.0° S, 129.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Los Espejos Formation, Wenlock to Wenlock (433.4 - 419.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and bioturbated mudstone

• See collections 25053-25057.
• See collections 25053-25057.

Collection methods: Table 2. This formation-level list is included because not all faunal elements in table 2 are listed in separate facies-specific lists (collections 25053-25057).

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 25058: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 27.08.2002, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Graptolithina
  -
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Plectodonta (Plectodonta) minima Benedetto et al. 1992
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena argentina Thomas 1905
 Strophomenida -
Amosina paolae Benedetto et al. 1992
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
 Orthida - Draboviidae
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
"Harringtonina acutiplicata" = Anabaia
"Harringtonina acutiplicata" = Anabaia
 Rhynchonellida - Eatoniidae
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
 Lophophorata -
Tentaculitida indet. Ljaschenko 1955
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida -
Hyolithida indet. Mathew 1962
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Bellerophontida -
Bellerophontoidea indet. M'Coy 1851 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucanellidae
Bucanella sp. Meek 1871 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyostoma sp. Conrad 1842 snail
 Murchisoniina -
Loxonematoidea sp. Koken 1889 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
? Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Anthracoleda (Pseudoleda) minuta Sanchez et al. 1995 pointed nut clam
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
 Cardiida -
Cypricardella sp. Hall 1856 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Trilobita
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Leonaspis sp. Richter and Richter 1917 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Pleurodictyum sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral