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; bioturbated mudstone and gray, green sandstone
Collection methods: Included here are faunal elements from Vannier et al. 1995 (PBDB ref. 7140) that are not included in the list from PBDB collection 25054.
Primary reference: J. M. C. Vannier, P. R. Racheboeuf, and J. L. Benedetto. 1995. Silurian-Early Devonian ostracodes from South America (Argentina, Bolivia): preliminary investigations. Journal of Paleontology 69(4):752-772 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 25571: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 18.09.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Ostracoda | |
Australobollia fuertensis n. gen. n. sp., Zorotoxotis sp. n. sp.
Australobollia fuertensis n. gen. n. sp. ostracod
Zorotoxotis sp. n. sp. ostracod | |
| Trilobita | |
|
Calymene vallecitoensis trilobite | |
|
Trimerus kayseri trilobite | |
|
Dalmanites sp. Barrande 1852 trilobite | |
| Strophomenata | |
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Plectodonta (Plectodonta) minima Benedetto et al. 1992 | |
| Rhynchonellata | |