Type Section Suri Formation. 80 - 110 meters: Arenig, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae
Annamitella longulosa
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Merlinia megacantha (Leanza 1941)
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Neseuretus (Neseuretus) chaschuilensis Vaccari and Waisfeld 1994
unclassified
Skenioides sp.
Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae
Tritoechia sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Paralenorthis riojanus (Levy and Nullo 1973)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperonomiidae
Monorthis aff. menapiae (Davidson 1868)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Giraldiellidae
Famatinorthis turneri Levy and Nullo 1973
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Heterorthidae
Incorthis sp. Havlíček and Branisa 1980
Bivalvia - Actinodontida - Cycloconchidae
Catamarcaia chaschuilensis (Aceñolaza and Toselli 1977)
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Redonia suriensis Sánchez and Babin 1994
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina
Coordinates: 28.0° South, 68.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.0° South, 129.9° West
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Ordovician
10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 2
Key time interval: Arenig
Age range of interval: 477.7 - 468.4 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Suri
Local section:Suri Type Section Local bed:80 - 110 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: arenitas & coquinas
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: JA: marked by Novack-Gottshall without explanation as omitting some genera, some macrofossils, some microfossils, and species names, but apparently complete
Metadata
Also known as:Offshore section, Suri fm., Chaschuil and Sierra de Narvaez, Argentina
Database number:210685
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2020-06-14 19:26:46 Last modified:2020-06-14 20:13:37
Access level:the public Released:2020-06-14 19:26:46
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
672. N. E. Vaccari and B.G. Waisfeld. 1994. Nuevos trilobites de la Formacion Suri (Ordovicico temprano) en la region de Chaschuil, Provincia de Catamarca: Implicancias bioestratigraficas. Ameghiniana 31(1):73-86 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

72724 B. A. Toro and E. D. Brussa. 1997. Graptolitos de Ia Formacion Suri (Arenig) en el Sistema de Famatina, Argentina. [Graptolites of the Suri Formation (A renig), Famatina Range, Argentina]. Revista Espanola de Paleontología 12(2):175-184 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]