Los Espejos Formation, Facies B1, Cerro del Fuerte section, additional fauna (Silurian of Argentina)

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

• See PBDB collection 25054.
• See PBDB collection 25054.

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

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Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida -
Australobollia fuertensis n. gen. n. sp., Zorotoxotis sp. n. sp.
Australobollia fuertensis n. gen. n. sp. ostracod
Zorotoxotis sp. n. sp. ostracod
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanites sp.
Dalmanites sp. Barrande 1852 trilobite
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Trimerus kayseri
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene vallecitoensis
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Eatoniidae
Clarkeia antisiensis
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Plectodonta (Plectodonta) minima
Plectodonta (Plectodonta) minima Benedetto et al. 1992