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Early orthid brachiopods from the Tremadocian (Lower Ordovician) of northwestern Argentina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Enrique Villas ,
Zarela A. Herrera  and
Gladys C. Ortega
Enrique Villas
Affiliation:
1Ciencias de la Tierra, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Pedro Cerbuna 10, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain,
Zarela A. Herrera
Affiliation:
1Ciencias de la Tierra, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Pedro Cerbuna 10, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain,
Gladys C. Ortega
Affiliation:
2Museo de Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales, Av. Vélez Sarsfield 299, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina,
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Abstract

Two brachiopod species of two of the earliest rhynchonelliformean families are described from one of the first studied Ordovician fossiliferous localities of northwestern Argentina. One is a new species of the family Euorthisinidae (Orthida, Plectorthoidea), Notorthisina musculosa Villas and Herrera. It displays peculiar features not observed in the family before, as well as a combination of internal and external features previously considered diagnostic of different genera, leading to emendment of the familial and generic diagnoses. Its dorsal muscle field, best impressed in large specimens, resembles that of Kvania Havlíček (Nanorthidae) in having four scars arranged radially. This feature reinforces the phylogenetic proximity of Kvania to the euorthisinids. The second studied species, Nanorthis bifurcata Harrington, has not been revised since its superficial description in 1937–1938, its type having been lost. Its description herein, based on a new collection from its type locality, allows a better knowledge of the group and helps clarify its supra-familial assignment.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 83 , Issue 4 , July 2009 , pp. 604 - 613
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