Los Espejos Formation, Facies B2, Cerro del Fuerte section, additional fauna (Silurian of Argentina)

Where: Argentina (30.3° S, 68.8° W: paleocoordinates 48.3° S, 126.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Los Espejos Formation, Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; bioturbated, green, yellow mudstone and sandstone

• See PBDB collection 25055.
• See PBDB collection 25055.

Collection methods: Included here are faunal elements from Vannier et al. 1995 (PBDB ref. 7140) that are not included in the list from PBDB collection 25055.

Primary reference: J. M. C. Vannier, P. R. Racheboeuf, and J. L. Benedetto. 1995. Silurian-Early Devonian ostracodes from South America (Argentina, Bolivia): preliminary investigations. Journal of Paleontology 69(4):752-772 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25572: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 18.09.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Neothlipsurella jachalensis n. sp.
Trilobita
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Leonaspis crenata
Leonaspis crenata Emmrich 1844 trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanites sp.
Dalmanites sp. Barrande 1852 trilobite
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Gen. nov. B sp.
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida -
Australobollia fuertensis n. gen. n. sp., Hemsiella helgae n. sp.
Australobollia fuertensis n. gen. n. sp. ostracod
Hemsiella helgae n. sp. ostracod