Angosto de la Quesera bed 1: Furongian, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Strepsodiscus austrinus n. sp. Pinilla et al. 2008
Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae
Angelina hyeronimi (Kayser 1876)
Kayser
Parabolina (Neoparabolina) frequens (Barrande 1868)
Barrande
unclassified
Palaeophycus sp. Hall 1847
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina
Coordinates: 24.1° South, 66.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.7° South, 127.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Cambrian Epoch: Furongian
10 m.y. bin: Cambrian 5
Key time interval: Furongian
Age range of interval: 497 - 485.4 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lampazar
Local section:Angosto de la Quesera Local bed:30 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Parabolina frequens argentina Zone (uppermost Cambrian): so, Cambrian stage 10
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: Reddish-yellowish, fine-grained sandstone beds contain gastropods in association with numerous specimens of Hyolitha and Palaeophycus isp., as well as with well-preserved cranidia of the olenid trilobites Parabolina (Neoparabolina) frequens (BARRANDE) and Angelina hyeronimi (KAYSER).
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,original aragonite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:85006
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-11-20 14:11:41 Last modified:2008-11-20 16:11:41
Access level:the public Released:2008-11-20 14:11:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

28531. M. K. Pinilla, N. M. Sabattini, M. F. Tortello and G. F. Aceñolaza. 2008. A new species of Strepsodiscus Knight (Gastropoda, Bellerophontoidea) from the Upper Cambrian of Argentina. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologies Abhandlungen 248(2):217-223 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]