S.Cap-9 (H3) Cerro San Bernado: 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
Megalaspis saltaensis Kayser 1898
Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Nannopeltis modesta Harrington 1938
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Salta County:Capital
Coordinates: 24.8° South, 65.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.9° South, 130.8° 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:478.60000 - 468.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown,yellow lithified muddy sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:coastal indet.
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:115738
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:S. Kolbe
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-09-03 04:15:59 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2011-09-03 04:15:59
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]