Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) Linguliform and Craniiform Brachiopods from the Precordillera (Cuyania Terrane) of West-Central Argentina

BENEDETTO, JUAN L.; LAVIÉ, FERNANDO J.

JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY

PALEONTOLOGICAL SOC INC

Año: 2016 vol. 90 p. 1068 - 1080

0022-3360

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.