An Eocanites fauna from the early carboniferous of Chile and its palaeogeographic implications
1994
House, M.R. (Southampton Univ. (United Kingdom). Dept. of Geology)
A goniatite fauna is described from the Zorritas Formation of the Sierra de Almeida, Antofagasta, Chile which includes the genera Eocanites and Several species of prionoceratids including Gattendorfia. A new species, Eocanites sernageominus is described. Faunas are assigned to the earliest Carboniferous (lower Tournaisian). The locality is west of the axial ridge of the Andes. Comments are made on the distribution of Eocanites internationally. The bearing records do not support the claimed Devonian-Carboniferous unconformity for this area and they indicate that no ice cap was present.
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