S.Cal-9 (F5) Potrero de Castillo: Tremadoc, Argentina
collected by J.J. Zunino and E. Mauri
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Trilobita
- Trinucleida
- Alsataspididae
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Orometopus pyrifrons
Harrington 1938
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| recombined as Pyrimetopus pyrifrons | |||||||
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Trilobita
- Ptychopariida
- Shumardiidae
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Shumardia minutula
Harrington 1938
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| recombined as Conophrys minutula | |||||||
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Asaphidae
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Notopeltis orthometopa
(Harrington 1938)
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| original and current combination Megalaspidella orthometopa | |||||||
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Remopleurididae
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Apatokephalus serratus
Boeck 1838
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Pliomeridae
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Protopliomerops rossi
Harrington and Leanza 1957
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| recombined as Rossaspis rossi | |||||||
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Agnostida
- Metagnostidae
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Trinodus jujuyensis
Harrington 1938
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Salta | County: | Caldera |
| Coordinates: | 24.5° South, 65.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.8° South, 129.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian-Ordovician | ||
| Key time interval: | Tremadoc | Trilobite zone: | Notopeltis orthometopa |
| Age range of interval: | 485.00000 - 477.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Santa Rosita | Member: | Humacha |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified marl |
| 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: | 115705 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | S. Kolbe |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-09-03 02:15:30 | Last modified: | 2018-04-10 00:38:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-03 02:15:30 |
| 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] |