Quebrada Rincón Blanco, Río del Peñón, horizon 11: Moscovian, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae
Costatumulus informal sp. C Waterhouse 1983
(4 measurements)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes pegnonensis n. sp. Cisterna and Simanauskas 2000
(14 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865
(6 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Septosyringothyris jaguelensis Lech 1986
(1 measurement)
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:La Rioja
Coordinates: 28.6° South, 68.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.0° South, 60.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
Stage:Moscovian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 4
Key time interval:Moscovian
Age range of interval:315.20000 - 307.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Río del Peñón Member:Middle
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Upper part of middle member; lower Moscovian according to U-Pb radiometric dates in Gulbranson et al. (2010).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified siltstone
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: Low-sedimentation marginal marine prodeltaic environment allowed for formation of shell pavement.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Fundación Miguel Lillo, Instituto de Paleontología, Sección Paleoinvertebrados (IPI).
Metadata
Database number:136532
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-11-29 14:26:07 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2012-11-29 14:26:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

27507. G. A. Cisterna and T. Simanauskas. 2000. Brachiopods from the Rio del Penon Formation, Rio Blanco Basin, Upper Palaeozoic of Argentina. Revista Española de Paleontologia 15(2):129-151 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]