SJ-13 Niquivil (Ordovician of Argentina)

Where: San Juan, Argentina (29.8° S, 68.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.6° S, 132.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lenodus variabilis conodont zone, San Juan Formation, Darriwilian (467.3 - 458.4 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by H.J. Harrington

Primary reference: H. J. Harrington and A. F. Leanza. 1957. Ordovician trilobites of Argentina. Department of Geology, University of Kansas Special Publication. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press 1:1-276 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 116114: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 05.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Primarily trilobite taxonomy and biostrat.
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
? Encrinurus niquivilensis Harrington and Leanza 1957 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae
"Proetiella tellecheai" = Annamitella tellecheai
"Proetiella tellecheai" = Annamitella tellecheai Rusconi 1951 trilobite