Comparative Taphonomy and Paleoecology of a Glaciomarine Fauna, Carboniferous (Westphalian- Namurian) La Capilla Fm., Argentina

• Main Authors: Hanger, Rex A., Gabadirwe, Mohutsiwa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: ODU Digital Commons 1999
• Subjects: Taphonomy; Western Argentina; Gondwana; La Capilla Fm; Fossil Taxa; Valve ratios; Biodiversity; Evolution; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/vjs/vol50/iss3/3; https://doi.org/10.25778/njqg-bj59; https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/context/vjs/article/1355/viewcontent/1999_Hanger_Comparative_Taphonomy_V50_N3_259_ocr.pdf

The Carboniferous La Capilla Fm. of the Calingasta-Uspallata basin of western Argentina contains a low diversity fauna inhabiting a continental shelf under glacial ice fronts advancing from the east. Distal glaciomarine sediments on these ice-influenced shelves of Gondwana are most commonly interpre...