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La Silla, Jáchal Department, San Juan Province, Argentina
| Formation | La Silla |
|---|---|
| Age: | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic |
| Interval | Tremadocian |
| Lithology | shale/grainstone, grainstone |
| Number of Collections | 2 |
| Number of Occurrences | 16 |
Recorded Sample Locations
| Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
|---|---|---|
| Pragian age section of Talacasto Fm | Jáchal Department, San Juan Province, Argentina | La Silla |
Associated Units
| Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gualcamayo | 466 - 458 Ma Ordovician | shale | 12 |
| Las Aguaditas | 458 - 450 Ma Ordovician | limestone/claystone, marl/claystone, mudstone/chert, mudstone/grainstone | 122 |
| Las Plantas | 458 - 453 Ma Ordovician | lime mudstone/wackestone, mudstone/grainstone | 41 |
| Los Azules - Upper | 456 - 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | lime mudstone/"limestone" | 12 |
| Los Espejos | 419 - 392 Ma Devonian | sandstone/"shale", mudstone/sandstone, sandstone, sandstone/mudstone, siltstone/mudstone, "siliciclastic" | 181 |
| San Juan | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene | wackestone/"reef rocks", "reef rocks", "limestone", "shale", "limestone"/"shale", "limestone"/marl, "limestone"/dolomite, "limestone"/mudstone, framestone, sandstone/"limestone", wackestone/grainstone, lime mudstone/marl, lime mudstone/"limestone", lime mudstone/wackestone, wackestone/lime mudstone | 447 |
| Talacasto | 408 - 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | shale/sandstone, "siliciclastic", siltstone, "limestone"/mudstone, mudstone | 68 |
| Trapiche | 445 - 443 Ma Paleozoic | sandstone/"shale" | 11 |
| Yerba Loca | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | shale, "shale"/sandstone | 13 |
Recorded Fossils
References
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!
