Tremadoc (earliest Ordovician) brachiopods from Purmamarca and the Sierra de Mojotoro, Cordillera Oriental of northwestern Argentina |
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Authors: | Juan L Benedetto Paola A Carrasco |
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Institution: | a CONICET, Cátedra de estratigrafía y geología histórica, universidad nacional de Córdoba. Av. Vélez Sarsfield 299, 5000, Córdoba, Argentinab Escuela de biología, universidad nacional de Córdoba. Av. Vélez Sarsfield 299, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina |
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Abstract: | The Late Tremadoc storm-dominated shoreface to inner platform deposits exposed west of the Purmamarca village (Coquena Formation) contain a considerably more diverse brachiopod fauna than previously reported. Coquinite horizons from the lower heterolitic succession have yielded monospecific associations of Nanorthis purmamarcaensis nov. sp. (formerly assigned to N. christianiae KJERULF), which is also reported from the Late Tremadoc rocks of the Cerro San Bernardo area. The fine-grained Upper Member of the Coquena Formation contains a more diverse fauna composed by Nanorthis brachymyaria nov. sp., Astraborthis quebradensis nov. sp. and the new plectorthid genus Lipanorthis (type species L. andinus nov. sp.). A different species of Lipanorthis (L. santalaurae nov. sp.) from the Mid Tremadoc Floresta Formation of the Sierra de Mojotoro is also described. |
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Keywords: | Brachiopods Early Ordovician Tremadocian Cordillera Oriental Northwestern Argentina |
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