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A new record of late Ediacaran acritarchs from La providencia group (Tandilia System, Argentina) and its biostratigraphical significance

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Abstract A well preserved assemblage of organic-walled microfossils is described from the Alicia and Cerro Negro formations of the La Providencia Group. The microbiota is dominated by Leiosphaeridia species (L.… Click to show full abstract

Abstract A well preserved assemblage of organic-walled microfossils is described from the Alicia and Cerro Negro formations of the La Providencia Group. The microbiota is dominated by Leiosphaeridia species (L. minutissima, L. tenuissima, L. crassa and L. jacutica) and comprises colonial sphaeroids (Synsphaeridium sp.) and filamentous microfossils of the genus Siphonophycus. The assemblage is assigned to the Late Ediacaran Leiosphere Palynoflora (LELP), which is consistent with the occurrence of the discoidal fossil Aspidella (

Keywords: new record; record late; late ediacaran; providencia group

Journal Title: Journal of South American Earth Sciences
Year Published: 2019

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