Kainella Walcott, 1925 (Trilobita, Ordovícico temprano) en el noroeste de Argentina y sur de Bolivia. Importancia bioestratigráfica
Abstract
Se llevó a cabo una revisión de la Biozona de Kainella meridionalis del Tremadociano de la Cuenca Andina Central. La Biozona de K. meridionalis ha sido utilizada para establecer correlaciones a escala regional e intercontinental. Sin embargo, de acuerdo a esta revisión, dichas correlaciones han tomado un intervalo amplio que corresponde, en realidad, al rango completo del género en la región. Las especies de Kainella registradas en el noroeste de Argentina y sur de Bolivia tienen una amplia distribución geográfica y acotado rango estratigráfico. En base a su registro se realiza una propuesta de biozonas, cuya sucesión abarca desde el Tremadociano basal hasta, posiblemente, el Tremadociano medio bajo. Integrando información de numerosas localidades, se propone aquí la sucesión de las siguientes biozonas: Biozona de K. andina, Biozona de K. meridionalis y Biozona de K. teiichii. Además, se eleva al rango de Biozona la Subzona de Jujuyaspis keideli. La definición de esta sucesión de biozonas representa un progreso significativo en el establecimiento de un esquema bioestratigráfico de alta resolución en base a trilobites, fundamental para establecer correlaciones más precisas en el futuro. KAINELLA WALCOTT (TRILOBITA, EARLY ORDOVICIAN) IN NORTHWESTERN ARGENTINA AND SOUTHERN BOLIVIA. BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC SIGNIFICANCE. The Tremadocian Kainella meridionalis Zone in the Central Andean Basin is is reassessed. This zone has been widely used for regional and intercontinental correlations, but such correlations mostly involved an extended interval that corresponds, in fact, to the whole range of the genus. Species of Kainella recorded in northwestern Argentina and southern Bolivia exhibit a relatively wide geographic distribution and a constrained stratigraphic range. On the basis of their record a succession of biozones is proposed, ranging from the basal Tremadocian to possibly the early middle Tremadocian. Three biozones are proposed on the basis of integrated information drawn from several localities, i.e., the K. andina, K. meridionalis, and K. teiichii zones. In addition, the Jujuyaspis keideli Subzone is here upgraded to the rank of zone. The definition of this succession of biozones is a significant progress in the establishment of a high resolution biostratigraphic framework based on trilobites, leading to more precise correlations in the future.Downloads
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