Fil: Carlorosi, Josefina Maria Teresa. Universidad Nacional de Tucuman; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnologico Tucuman. Instituto Superior de Correlacion Geologica; Argentina
Ordovician conodont collections from several Argentinian basins including the Eastern Cordillera, Famatina and Precordillera allow recognition of a group of conodonts that comprise a new genus here named Condorodus n. gen. Species of this genus have an apparatus composed of six elements recovered so far: Pa, Pb, Sb1, Sb2, Sc and Sd. The differences mainly between the P elements support recognizing three species, from the older to younger: C. diablensis n. gen., n. sp., C. gracielae n. gen., n. sp. and C. chilcaensis n. gen., n. sp., that appeared in the upper Floian (Lower Ordovician) and vanished in middle Darriwilian time (Middle Ordovician). The Eastern Cordillera is here assumed as the place of origin of the Condorodus n. gen. lineage during the late Floian, and then this genus dispersed through the western margin of Gondwana, reaching the Precordillera in the early Darriwilian, from there it could have dispersed to different regions of Gondwana, Perigondwana and Laurentia during the late Darriwilian, and probably give rise to conodont apparatuses of similar morphology in the Late Ordovician.
Se actualiza el registro paleontologico del Ordovicico (trilobites, graptolitos, braquiopodos, equinodermos, moluscos, conodontos) en el Dominio de Obejo-Valsequillo) representado en cinco localidades fosiliferas. Dos de ellas (sur de Alcaracejos y noreste de Belmez) corresponden a la llamada “Unidad Parautoctona” y las tres restantes (Campillo de Llerena, Villaharta y oeste de Adamuz) a las “Unidades Aloctonas”. Las asociaciones paleontologicas guardan ciertas semejanzas con las de la Zona Centroiberica pero representan retazos de una plataforma marina de gradiente opuesto a la surcentroiberica (profundizacion hacia el sur y suroeste vs. profundizacion hacia el norte y noreste). Ello implica grandes desplazamientos, congruentes con el modelo aloctono de la nueva Zona Galicia-Ossa Morena, tal vez en continuidad paleogeografica hacia el noroeste con el Autoctono del suroeste de Iberia.
THE TRAPEZOGNATHUS DIPRION ZONE IN THE SEPULTURAS FORMATION OF ESPINAZO DEL DIABLO , CORDILLERA ORIENTAL, ARGENTINA.For the first time is reconized the Trapezognathus diprion Zone in the Sepulturas Formation at the Espinazo del Diablo area, the asociation is complete with: Gothodus costulatus, Drepanoistodus pitjanti, Drepanoistodus basiovalis, Drepanodus arcuatus, Oistodus sp among others. This finding allows recording an upper Floian age for the Sepulturas Formation cropping out at the Espinazo del Diablo. Furthermore, the presence of Trapezognathus diprion allows to recognize for Andean Basin affinities with the Atlantic Realm, Temperate Domain. Resumen: LA ZONA DE TRAPEZOGNATHUS DIPRION EN LA FORMACION SEPULTURAS , ESPINAZO DEL DIABLO, CORDILLERA ORIENTAL ARGENTINA.Se registra por vez primera la Zona de Trapezognathus diprion en los estratos de la Formacion Sepulturas en el Espinazo del Diablo, las especies acompanantes son: Gothodus costulatus, Drepanoistodus pitjanti, Drepanoistodus basiovalis, Drepanodus arcuatus, Oistodus sp. entre otros. Este hallazgo permite determinar una edad floiana superior para la Formacion Sepulturas en el Espinazo del Diablo. A su vez la presencia de Trapezognathus diprion permite reconocer para la cuenca Andina una afinidad con el Reino Atlantico, Dominio Templado.
The central Andean basin is characterized by the presence of Ordovician deposits, distributed mainly in Northwestern Argentina.Conodonts from the Lower and Middle Ordovician were recovered from several outcrops from the Trapezognathus diprion Zone, Baltoniodus cf.B. triangularis, Baltoniodus triangularis Zone, and among them the genus Trapezognathus is highlighted.This paper describes and illustrates two species of this genus: T. diprion (Lindström) and T. quadrangulum Lindström.In addition we report that the conodont association suggests faunal affinity with Baltica and South China.
Trace fossils and conodonts in the western slope of the Cuesta de Lipan, Purmamarca Departament, Jujuy. Recent field works on the Lipan area provided Phycodes flabellum ichnofossil, this represent the first mention of this trace in Argentina and South America. This index species appears associated with conodonts. Erismodus cf. quadridactylus is the most representative species among the recovered conodonts and it is the only autochthonous conodont in the assemblage. E. cf. quadridactylus determines the age of the outcrop as well the icnoespecie Phycodes flabellum as late Darriwillian/early Sandbian.
Abstract Carlorosi, J., Heredia, S. & Aceñolaza, G, 2013. Middle Ordovician (early Dapingian) conodonts in the Central Andean Basin of NW Argentina. Alcheringa 37, 1–13. ISSN 0311-5518. This paper describes and analyzes the significance of a conodont fauna from the Alto del Cóndor Formation, exposed in the Los Colorados region of the Argentine Eastern Cordillera. Identified taxa are Baltoniodus triangularis, Baltoniodus sp. cf. B. triangularis, Drepanodus sp., Drepanoistodus basiovalis, Drepanoistodus sp. B., Erraticodon patu, Gothodus costulatus, Oistodus sp., Trapezognathus diprion, T. quadrangulum, Triangulodus sp. and Triangulodus? sp. The presence of Baltoniodus triangularis indicates the base of the Dapingian stage (Middle Ordovician). In addition, we report the coexistence of T. diprion and T. quadrangulum. The conodont association suggests a faunal affinity with Baltica and South China, both belonging to the Shallow-Sea Realm of the Temperate-Cold Domain. Josefina Carlorosi [josefinacarlorosi77@gmail]com], INSUGEO—Universidad Nacional de Tucumán—CONICET, Miguel Lillo 205, (4000) Tucumán, Argentina; Guillermo F. Aceñolaza [acecha@webmail.unt.edu.ar], Universidad Nacional de Tucumán—CONICET, Miguel Lillo 205, (4000) Tucumán, Argentina; Susana Heredia [sheredia@unsj.edu.ar], CONICET–CIGEOBIO and Instituto de Investigaciones Mineras, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Urquiza y Libertador, (5400) San Juan, Argentina. Received 22.8.2012; revised 18.10.2012; accepted 24.10.12. 阿根廷西北部中安第斯盆地的中奥陶世(Dapingian早期)牙行刺 本文描述并分析了出露于阿根廷Eastern Cordillera的Los Colorados地区的Alto del Cóndor组的牙行刺动物群的意义。所鉴定的分类群是:Baltoniodus triangularis、 Baltoniodus sp. cf. B. triangularis、Drepanodus sp.、Drepanoistodus basiovalis、Drepanoistodus sp. B.、Erraticodon patu、Gothodus costulatus、Oistodus sp.、Rapezognathus diprion、T. quadrangulum、Triangulodus sp. 以及Triangulodus?sp.。Baltoniodus triangularis的存在标示Dapingian阶之底(中奥陶世)。另外,我们报道T. diprion 和T. quadrangulum共存。牙行刺组合表现出波罗的海动物群和华南动物群之间的亲缘关系,两个地区都属温暖-寒冷地域的浅海区。 Key words: DapingianconodontsCentral Andean BasinNW Argentina Acknowledgements The authors express their thanks to the Argentine Research Council (CONICET) and CONICET's technician Mercedes González for her laboratory work. Special thanks to the reviewers for improving the original manuscript. This work has benefited from financial support of projects CGL2009-09583 (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain) and CIUNT-26-G401/2 (UNT, Argentina).