C-1 Rio Chaschuil, Sierra de Narvaez: Floian, Argentina
collected by A.V. Borrello
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Asaphidae
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Hoekaspis megacantha
Leanza 1941
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| recombined as Merlinia megacantha | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Catamarca |
| Coordinates: | 27.6° South, 67.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.7° South, 130.2° 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 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 477.7 - 470 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | A.V. Borrello |
| Taxonomic list comments:Primarily trilobite taxonomy and biostrat. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 116147 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | S. Kolbe |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-09-05 23:47:35 | Last modified: | 2018-04-06 20:42:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-05 23:47:35 |
| 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] |