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Lipeon

Formation	Lipeon
Member(s)	upper
Age:	427 - 419 Ma Paleozoic
Interval	Gorstian - Pridoli
Lithology	siltstone/sandstone
Number of Collections	4
Number of Occurrences	101

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Jarcas stream	Cercado Province, Tarija, Bolivia	Lipeon - upper
Padcaya	Arce Province, Tarija, Bolivia	Lipeon
Calcareo-carbonosa de Leon-VolcanFarm	Ledesma Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina	Lipeon
Lipeon Formation Trilobites	El Carmen Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina	Lipeon - upper

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Capillas	466 - 464 Ma Middle Ordovician	shale/"limestone"	13
Lipeon - upper	427 - 419 Ma Paleozoic	siltstone/sandstone, sandstone/siltstone	28
Santa Rosita	485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic	shale/"limestone", "shale", grainstone/sandstone, marl	32

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Hyolithida order	4	Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Tentaculitida order	4	Animalia : Lophotrochozoa : Tentaculitida	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Cooksonia sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cooksoniaceae : *Cooksonia*	427.4 - 419.2 Ma Paleozoic
Cooksonia hemisphaerica species	7	Plantae : Cooksonia : *Cooksonia hemisphaerica*	427.4 - 419.2 Ma Paleozoic
Cooksonia pertoni species	7	Plantae : Cooksonia : *Cooksonia pertoni*	427.4 - 419.2 Ma Paleozoic
Eukaryota unranked clade	99	Eukaryota	427.4 - 419.2 Ma Paleozoic
Ostracoda class	3	Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Bumastus (Bumastus) sp. subgenus	6.3	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Illaenidae : Bumastus : *Bumastus (Bumastus)*	438.5 - 430.5 Ma Silurian
Lichas sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Lichida : Lichidae : *Lichas*	438.5 - 430.5 Ma Silurian
Lichas affinis species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Lichida : Lichidae : Lichas : *Lichas affinis*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Anacaenaspis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Lichida : Odontopleuridae : *Anacaenaspis*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Acastidae family	5	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Acastidae	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Harringtonacaste sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Acastidae : *Harringtonacaste*	438.5 - 430.5 Ma Silurian
Australoacaste sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calmoniidae : *Australoacaste*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Jujuyops sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calmoniidae : *Jujuyops*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Calymene sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calymenidae : *Calymene*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Diacalymene sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calymenidae : *Diacalymene*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Flexicalymene sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calymenidae : *Flexicalymene*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Flexicalymene vaccarii species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calymenidae : Flexicalymene : *Flexicalymene vaccarii*	438.5 - 430.5 Ma Silurian
Dalmanites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Dalmanitidae : *Dalmanites*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Trimerus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Homalonotidae : *Trimerus*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Ananaspis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Phacopidae : *Ananaspis*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Zaplaops sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Phacopidae : *Zaplaops*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Lingulidae family	5	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Lingulida : Lingulidae	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Heterorthella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Heterorthidae : *Heterorthella*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Clarkeia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Eatoniidae : *Clarkeia*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Ancillotoechia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Trigonirhynchiidae : *Ancillotoechia*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Protochonetes sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Strophochonetidae : *Protochonetes*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Leangella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Leptestiidae : *Leangella*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Castellaroina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Leptostrophiidae : *Castellaroina*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Rugosa subclass	3.3	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Rugosa	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Pleurodictyum sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Micheliniidae : *Pleurodictyum*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Crinoidea class	3	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Graptolithina class	3	Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Dualina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Antipleuridae : *Dualina*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Myoplusia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : *Myoplusia*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Nuculites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : *Nuculites*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Nuculida order	4	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Deceptrix sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Praenuculidae : *Deceptrix*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Praenucula sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Praenuculidae : *Praenucula*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Ctenodonta sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Solemyida : Ctenodontidae : *Ctenodonta*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Praectenodonta sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Solemyida : Ctenodontidae : *Praectenodonta*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Nautiloidea subclass	3.3	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautiloidea	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Dawsonoceras sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : *Dawsonoceras*	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Gastropoda class	3	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Bellerophontoidea superfamily	4.7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bellerophontoidea	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Loxonematoidea superfamily	4.7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Loxonematoidea	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Murchisonioidea superfamily	4.7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Murchisonioidea	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Loxonematidae family	5	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Loxonematidae	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian
Murchisoniidae family	5	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Murchisoniidae	433.4 - 423 Ma Silurian

References

Petriella B., Suarez Soruco R. (1989) Presencia de plantas terrestres, probablemente vosculares, en las formaciones Kirusillas y Tarabuco (Lampayano-Silurico Superior) de Bolivia, Revista Tecnica de YPFB 10, 119-121

Sanchez T. M., Waisfeld B., et al (1991) Lithofacies, taphonomy, and brachiopod assemblages in the Silurian of western Argentina: A review of Malvinokaffric Realm communities, Journal of South American Earth Sciences 4 4, 307-329

Waisfeld B. G., Sanchez T. M. (1993) Trilobites Siluricos de la Formacion Lipeon en el noroeste Argentino (Sierra de Zapla, Provincia de Jujuy), Ameghiniana 30 1, 77-90

Morel E., Edwards D., et al (1995) The first record of Cooksonia from South America in Silurian rocks of Bolivia, Geological Magazine 132, 449-452

Edwards D., Morel E. M., et al (2001) Plant assemblages from the Silurian of southern Bolivia and their palaeogeographic significance, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 135, 229-250

Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database

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