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Orbignyella multitabulata

Orbignyella multitabulata

Coryell, 1921

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(Fig. 6 E-G; Appendix 1)
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
DESCRIPTION Massive, subramose multilayered colonies. Secondary overgrowths common, 1 - 2 mm thick. Autozooecia bending gently from endozone, intersecting colony surface at right angles. Autozooecial apertures rounded to polygonal. Diaphragms in autozooecia common to abundant, straight to curved. Exilazooecia rare, polygonal in cross section, restricted to exozone. Acanthostyles common, moderately large, situated at junctions of autozooecial apertures. Autozooecial walls granular-prismatic, 0.005 - 0.010 mm thick in endozone; irregularly thickened, finely laminated, displaying reverse V-structure in longitudinal section, 0.020 - 0.033 mm thick in exozone. Maculae of macrozooecia 0.70 - 1.25 mm in diameter, spaced 1.9 - 2.0 mm from centre to centre. COMPARISON
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
The present material is morphologically similar to Orbignyella multitabulata Coryell, 1921 from the Sandbian of United States. The only metric characteristic for O. multitabulata is the number of apertures per 2 mm given as 8 - 8.5 (Coryell 1921: 284). Interpolated, it gives apertural spacing of c. 0.23 - 0.25 mm what overlaps the range in the present species (0.13 - 0.22 mm). The present material differs from Orbignyella wetherbyi (Ulrich, 1890) from the Upper Ordovician of United States in smaller autozooecia (aperture width 0.11 - 0.19 mm vs 0.25 - 0.28 mm in O. wetherbyi).
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. — La Pola Formation, Upper Ordovician, Sandbian; La Pola creek section near Albardon village, San Juan Province, Argentine Precordillera, western Argentina. Pierce Limestone, Upper Ordovician (Sandbian); Tennessee, United States.
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
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — CEGH-UNC 27505 a-c, CEGH-UNC 27518 a-c.
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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FIG. 6. — A, Dianulites rocklandensis Wilson,1921, tangential section showing autozooecial apertures, CEGH-UNC 27503 a; B-D, Monticulipora aff. mammulata d’Orbigny,1850,CEGH-UNC 27516 d; B, C, tangential thin section showing autozooecial apertures;D, longitudinal thin section showing autozooecial chambers with cystiphragms; E-G. Orbignyella multitabulata Coryell, 1921; E, F, longitudinal thin section showing autozooecia with diaphragms, CEGH-UNC 27505 a; G, tangential thin section showing autozooecial apertures, CEGH-UNC 27505 b. Scale bars: A, C, 0.2 mm; B, G, 0.5 mm; D, F, 1 mm; E, 2 mm.

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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 2026-06-18.

CC0Published 6/16/2022View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
196202598
Dataset Key
f8f165f8-1b6b-4639-b139-c47e48485949
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Backbone Key
10817583
Taxon ID
865C87FDFFA9FFEB3AE1FA674DBCFCBE.taxon
Last Crawled
6/9/2026
Last Interpreted
6/9/2026