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Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) linguliform and craniiform brachiopods from the Precordillera (Cuyania Terrane) of west-central Argentina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2016

Fernando J. Lavié  and
Juan L. Benedetto
Fernando J. Lavié
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Tierra, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, and Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Vélez Sarsfield 1611, X5016GCA Córdoba, Argentina 〈[email protected]〉, 〈[email protected]〉
Juan L. Benedetto
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Tierra, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, and Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Vélez Sarsfield 1611, X5016GCA Córdoba, Argentina 〈[email protected]〉, 〈[email protected]〉
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Abstract

Middle Ordovician lingulacean, trematid, and craniid brachiopods are described and illustrated for the first time from the uppermost part of San Juan Formation limestones of the Precordillera Basin, west-central Argentina. Sampled beds fall within the Ahtiella argentina brachiopod Zone, which, according to associated conodonts, is of early-mid Darriwilian age. The fauna consists of the linguloideans Glossella cuyanica n. sp. and Lingulasma? sp., the discinoidean Trematis sp., the siphonotretid Chilcatreta tubulata n. gen. n. sp., and a conical shell that is referred provisionally to the order Craniida. The linguliforms from the Cuyania (Precordillera) terrane, although still poorly known, display close similarities to those inhabiting low-to-intermediate latitude palaeocontinents, particularly Laurentia and Baltica, in accordance with evidence from rhynchonelliform brachiopods.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 90 , Issue 6 , November 2016 , pp. 1068 - 1080
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