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Saladillo, Argentina

Formation	Saladillo
Age:	10.00 - 9.00 Ma Miocene
Interval	Tremadoc
Lithology	sandstone, "shale"/sandstone, "limestone", sandstone/"volcaniclastic"
Number of Collections	4
Number of Occurrences	9

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
SaladilloFarm	Cachi Department, Salta Province, Argentina	Saladillo
Angosto de la Quesera	Rosario de Lerma Department, Salta Province, Argentina	Saladillo
Footpath to Parcha locality	Rosario de Lerma Department, Salta Province, Argentina	Saladillo
Cerro Castillo de Las Brujas	Amaicha del Valle, Tafí del Valle Department, Tucumán Province, Argentina	Saladillo

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Asaphellus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Asaphidae : *Asaphellus*	485.4 - 477.7 Ma Paleozoic
Kainella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Remopleurididae : *Kainella*	485.4 - 477.7 Ma Paleozoic
Eoorthis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Eoorthidae : *Eoorthis*	485.4 - 477.7 Ma Paleozoic
Gondwanorthis calderensis species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Nanorthidae : Gondwanorthis : *Gondwanorthis calderensis*	485.4 - 477.7 Ma Paleozoic
Lipanorthis santalaurae species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Plectorthidae : Lipanorthis : *Lipanorthis santalaurae*	485.4 - 477.7 Ma Paleozoic
Mesotheriinae subfamily	5.3	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Notoungulata : Mesotheriidae : Mesotheriinae	10 - 9 Ma Miocene
Anisodontherium sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Megatheriidae : *Anisodontherium*	10 - 9 Ma Miocene
Peelerophon oehlerti species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Tropidodiscidae : Peelerophon : *Peelerophon oehlerti*	485.4 - 477.7 Ma Paleozoic
Protospongioidea superfamily	4.7	Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Reticulosa : Protospongioidea	485.4 - 477.7 Ma Paleozoic

References

Harrington H. J. (1937) On some Ordovician fossils from Northern Argentina, Geological Magazine 74 3, 97-124

Harper D. A. T., Villas E., et al (2004) Lipanorthis Benedetto from the Tremadocian of NW Argentina reidentified as a dalmanellidine: Significance for the origin and early radiation of the punctate orthide brachiopods, Lethaia 37, 271-279 doi:10.1080/00241160410006537

Beresi M., Acenolaza G., et al (2006) Cambrian-Ordovician sponges and spicule assemblages from northwest Argentina: new data from the siliciclastic platforms of western Gondwana, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 7, 403-420

Villas E., Herrera Z. A., et al (2009) Early orthid brachiopods from the Tremadocian (Lower Ordovician) of Northwestern Argentina, Journal of Paleontology 83, 604-613 doi:10.1666/08-165R.1

Brandoni D., Powell J. E., et al (2012) Anisodontherium from the Late Miocene of north−western Argentina, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57 2, 241-249 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.2010.0129

Armella M. A., Nasif N. L., et al (2018) Small-sized mesotheriines (Mesotheriidae, Notoungulata) from Northwestern Argentina: Systematic, chronological, and paleobiogeographic implications, Journal of South American Earth Sciences 83, 14-26

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