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First lingulate brachiopods from the Ordovician volcano-sedimentary rocks of the Famatina Range, western Argentina

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Lingulids and siphonotretids (Lingulata) are described from the Ordovician (Floian–Dapingian) Suri Formation of the Famatina Basin in western Argentina. This is the first record of lingulate brachiopods from the arc-related volcano-sedimentary rocks of the Famatina Range. The fauna includes the new obolids Famatinobolus cancellatum gen. et sp. nov. and Lithobolus limbatum sp. nov., and the new siphonotretid Chilcatreta lariojana sp. nov. Associated forms are the glosselins Glossella sp. and Rafanoglossa sp., the elkaniid Monobolina sp. nov., and an unnamed new genus of Lingulellotretidae. The biogeographical affinities of the described Famatinan lingulate assemblage are mixed, sharing Chilcatreta and Glossella with the Laurentian-derived Cuyania terrane, Lithobolus and Rafanoglossa with Bohemia, Monobolina with the Anglo-Welsh basin, and a new lingulellotretid with the Celtic assemblages of Wales.

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We thank Lars Holmer and an anonymous reviewer for their constructive reviews. Research has been financially supported by grant PICT-2016 CONICET 0558. This paper is a contribution to the International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) Project 653 “The onset of the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event.”

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Lavié, F.J., Benedetto, J.L. First lingulate brachiopods from the Ordovician volcano-sedimentary rocks of the Famatina Range, western Argentina. PalZ 94, 295–309 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-019-00496-5

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