Nuevas especies de Ostracoda (Arthropoda) de la Formación Río del Peñón, Carbonífero Superior de La Rioja, Argentina

Abstract

“New species of Ostracoda (Arthropoda) from the Río del Peñón Formation, Upper Carboniferous of La Rioja, Argentina”. Six new ostracod species: Shemonaella jaguelen- sis nov. sp., Healdia riojanensis nov. sp., Candona elongata nov. sp., Candona brevis nov. sp., Paleodarwinula pegnonensis nov. sp., and Gutschickia oblonga nov. sp. are described herein. These fossils come from marine and non- marine levels located at the bottom of the upper section of the Río del Peñón Formation, La Rioja, Argentina. The faunas studied sug- gest a Late Carboniferous age.