Where: Jujuy, Argentina (23.6° S, 65.3° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 31.1° S, 162.7° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Rupasca Member (Santa Rosita Formation), Tremadocian (486.9 - 477.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, argillaceous siliciclastic sediments
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: cast
Collected by N.E. Vaccari
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: D. Balseiro, B. G. Waisfeld, and L. A. Buatois. 2011. Unusual trilobite biofacies from the Lower Ordovician of the Argentine Cordillera Oriental: new insights into olenid palaeoecology. Lethaia 44:58-75 [D. Balseiro/D. Balseiro]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 136946: authorized by Diego Balseiro, entered by Diego Balseiro on 07.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Artiopoda | |
Leptoplastides sp. Raw 1908 trilobite
Parabolinella sp. Brögger 1882 trilobite
Bienvillia sp. Clark 1924 trilobite | |
Agnostina indet. Salter 1864 artiopod |