UPPER ORDOVICIAN BRACHIOPODS FROM THE SAN BENITO FORMATION, CORDILLERA DEL TUNARI, BOLIVIA
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Upper Ordovician, Bolivia, Brachiopods, PaleobiogeographyAbstract
The brachiopod fauna from the San Benito Formation of Bolivia, of late Sandbian–Katian age, is re-studied on the basis of material collected in the Cordillera del Tunari. The new heterorthid genus Tunaria is erected to include the species Orthis berthoisi? var. erratica Davidson, 1869 (formerly attributed to Drabovinella) from England, France and Spain, and the new species Tunaria cocksi from Bolivia. The fauna also includes the first record in South America of Rafinesquina pseudoloricata (Barrande), and Hirnantia cf. transgrediens (Havli?ek). Overall, the low diversity San Benito fauna corroborates the Mediterranean biogeographic signature of Central Andean brachiopod assemblages. Resumen. BRAQUIÓPODOS DEL ORDOVÍCICO SUPERIOR DE LA FORMACIÓN SAN BENITO, CORDILLERA DEL TUNARI, BOLIVIA. Se describe la fauna de braquiópodos de la Formación San Benito de Bolivia, de edad Sandbiano tardío–Katiano, en base a material coleccionado en la Cordillera del Tunari. Se erige el nuevo género Tunaria para incluir la especie Orthis berthoisi? var. erratica Davidson, 1869 (anteriormente atribuida a Drabovinella), registrada en Inglaterra, Francia y España, y la nueva especie de Bolivia Tunaria cocksi. La fauna tambien incluye Hirnantia cf. transgrediens (Havli?ek) y el primer registro en América del Sur de Rafinesquina pseudoloricata (Barrande). En su conjunto, esta fauna de baja diversidad corrobora la signatura biogeogeográfica Mediterránea de las asociaciones de braquiópodos de la región Andina Central.Downloads
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