LR-5 Cerro Suri: Floian, Argentina
collected by H.J. Harrington

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Famatinolithus noticus Harrington and Leanza 1957
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Lonchodomas suriensis Harrington and Leanza 1957
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Ogygitella australis Harrington and Leanza 1957
Hoekaspis megacantha Leanza 1941
Trilobita - Asaphida - Hungaiidae
Asaphopsis intermedia Harrington and Leanza 1957
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Pliomera tmetophrys Harrington and Leanza 1957
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:La Rioja
Coordinates: 28.7° South, 67.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.8° South, 130.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Early Ordovician
Stage: Floian 10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 2
Key time interval: Floian Zone:  Didymograptellus bifidus
Age range of interval: 477.7 - 470 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Suri Member:C
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Was Llanvirn
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:green lithified "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Greenish shales and cone-in-cone concretions
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:H.J. Harrington
Taxonomic list comments:Primarily trilobite taxonomy and biostrat.
Metadata
Database number:116142
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:S. Kolbe
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-09-05 23:35:38 Last modified:2018-04-06 20:34:43
Access level:the public Released:2011-09-05 23:35:38
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]