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Coquena - lower, Purmamarca, Tumbaya Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina
Formation | Coquena |
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Member | lower |
Age: | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic |
Interval | Tremadoc |
Lithology | sandstone/siltstone |
Number of Collections | 4 |
Number of Occurrences | 4 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Ch-1. Quebrada Chalala | Purmamarca, Tumbaya Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina | Coquena - lower |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Coquena - Upper | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | mudstone | 10 |
Sepulturas | 466 - 464 Ma Middle Ordovician | shale/grainstone, packstone/sandstone | 34 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Nanorthis purmamarcaensis species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Plectorthidae : Nanorthis : Nanorthis purmamarcaensis | 485.4 - 477.7 Ma Paleozoic |
References
Benedetto J. L., Carrasco P. A. (2002) Tremadoc (earliest Ordovician) brachiopods from Purmamarca and the Sierra de Mojotoro, Cordillera Oriental of northwestern Argentina, Géobios 35, 647-661 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!