ammonites
Azul Pampa, AP-1 (Cambrian of Argentina)

Where: Jujuy, Argentina (23.0° S, 65.4° W: paleocoordinates 47.9° S, 127.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Parabolina frequens argentina trilobite zone, Casayok Formation (Santa Victoria Group), Furongian (501.0 - 488.3 Ma)

• level AP-1, upper part of the formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

• fine-grained quartzitic sandstones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. L. Benedetto. 2007. New Upper Cambrian-Tremadoc rhynchonelliformean brachiopods from northwestern Argentina: evolutionary trends and early diversification of plectorthoideans in the Andean Gondwana. Journal of Paleontology 81(2):261-285 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74341: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.08.2007