J.Ant-1 Cerro Purma ( of Argentina)

Where: Jujuy, Argentina (24.3° S, 65.6° W: paleocoordinates 43.9° S, 129.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tremadoc (486.5 - 477.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray, yellow limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by P. Sgrasso

Primary reference: H. J. Harrington and A. F. Leanza. 1957. Ordovician trilobites of Argentina. Department of Geology, University of Kansas Special Publication. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press 1:1-276 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 9040: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 19.09.2000

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Taxonomic list

• Primarily trilobite taxonomy.
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Notopeltis orthometopa, "Basiliella carinata" = Mekynophrys nanna
Notopeltis orthometopa Harrington 1938 trilobite
"Basiliella carinata" = Mekynophrys nanna Harrington 1938 trilobite