J.Tum-14 (J5) Upper Quebrada de Purmamarca: Arenigian, Argentina
collected by J.J. Zunino and E. Mauri

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Thysanopyge argentina Kayser 1898
Megalaspidella kayseri Kobayashi 1937
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Jujuy County:Tumbaya
Coordinates: 23.7° South, 65.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.8° South, 129.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 2
Key time interval:Arenigian
Age range of interval:477.70000 - 468.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:green,yellow lithified "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:J.J. Zunino and E. Mauri
Taxonomic list comments:Primarily trilobite taxonomy and biostrat.
Metadata
Database number:115675
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:S. Kolbe
Modifier:S. Kolbe Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-09-03 00:13:34 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2011-09-03 00:13:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

642. 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]