Sierra de Villicum, San Juan (Cambrian of Argentina)

Where: Argentina (31.3° S, 68.5° W: paleocoordinates 44.6° S, 126.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: La Laja Limestone Formation, Lenian (516.0 - 510.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: G. Hahn and H. D. Pflug. 1985. Die Cloudinidae n. fam., Kalk-Röhren aus dem Vendium und Unter-Kambrium. Senckenbergiana lethaea 65(4-6):413-431 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51754: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 16.06.2005

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Taxonomic list

Acuticloudina
  - Cloudinidae
Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Biceratopsidae