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Parachasmatopora

Parachasmatopora

Morozova & Lavrentjeva, 1981

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DIAGNOSIS. — Reticulated colonies consisting of anastomosing branches. Autozooecia long, having oblong-rectangular shape in deep tangential section, having weakly developed vestibule, arranged in two-three slightly alternating rows on branches. Nodes on low keels present. Cross-section of branches rounded; their dorsal wall thin, carrying thin longitudinal ribs and microacanthostyles.
Ernst, Andrej, Carrera, Marcelo G. (2022): A cool-water bryozoan association from the La Pola Formation (Sandbian, Ordovician) of Argentine Precordillera. Geodiversitas 44 (20): 563-601, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a20
COMPARISON Parachasmatopora Morozova & Lavrentjeva, 1981 differs from Chasmatopora Eichwald, 1855 in having 2 - 3 rows of autozooecia on branches instead of 4 in Chasmatopora.
Ernst, Andrej, Carrera, Marcelo G. (2022): A cool-water bryozoan association from the La Pola Formation (Sandbian, Ordovician) of Argentine Precordillera. Geodiversitas 44 (20): 563-601, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a20
OCCURRENCE. — Middle-Upper Ordovician; United States, Estonia, Argentina.
Ernst, Andrej, Carrera, Marcelo G. (2022): A cool-water bryozoan association from the La Pola Formation (Sandbian, Ordovician) of Argentine Precordillera. Geodiversitas 44 (20): 563-601, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a20
TYPE SPECIES. — Parachasmatopora maennili Morozova & Lavrentjeva, 1981 by original designation. Sandbian, Ordovician; Estonia.
Ernst, Andrej, Carrera, Marcelo G. (2022): A cool-water bryozoan association from the La Pola Formation (Sandbian, Ordovician) of Argentine Precordillera. Geodiversitas 44 (20): 563-601, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a20

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A cool-water bryozoan association from the La Pola Formation (Sandbian, Ordovician) of Argentine Precordillera

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Ernst, Andrej, Carrera, Marcelo G. (2022): A cool-water bryozoan association from the La Pola Formation (Sandbian, Ordovician) of Argentine Precordillera. Geodiversitas 44 (20): 563-601, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a20

ABSTRACT

Nineteen bryozoan species belonging to 18 genera are described from the La Pola Formation (Sandbian, Upper Ordovician) of Argentine Precordillera. Two trepostome genera each with one new species, respectively, are new: Albardonia bifoliata n. gen., n. sp. and Argentinopora robusta n. gen., n. sp. Five more species are new: a cystoporate Xenotrypa argentinensis n. sp., two trepostomes Heterotrypa enodis n. sp. and Nicholsonella spinigera n. sp., as well as two ptilodictyines Pseudostictoporella simplex n. sp. and Chazydictya ornata n. sp. The studied fauna shows some connection with Laurentia and Baltica on the species level and is similar to Siberia on the generic level. Furthermore, the generic composition of the La Pola fauna is similar to contemporary faunas of Las Aguaditas and Las Plantas formations of the Argentine Precordillera. The described fauna comes from mixed carbonate-siliciclastic deposits and represents a largely para-autochthonous association, with few autochthonous elements.The bryozoan growth forms indicate shallow shelf conditions. Bryozoans are associated with brachiopods, red algae, and echinoderms indicating heterozoan community typical for temperate to cool water environments with high primary production.

MOTS CLÉS

Ordovicien,

Sandbien,

environnement d’eau

froide,

Bryozoa,

paléogéographie,

paléoécologie,

genres nouveaux,

espèces nouvelles.

Ernst A, Carrera M G, admin (2022). A cool-water bryozoan association from the La Pola Formation (Sandbian, Ordovician) of Argentine Precordillera. Geodiversitas. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/22hb3y accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-16.

CC0Published 6/16/2022View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
196202554
Dataset Key
f8f165f8-1b6b-4639-b139-c47e48485949
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Backbone Key
4856343
Taxon ID
865C87FDFFBFFFFD3934FDE34B1CFBA0.taxon
Last Crawled
6/9/2026
Last Interpreted
6/9/2026
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