Chancelloria eros Walcott, 1920 (Chancelloriidae), Diagoniella Rauff, 1894 y espículas de esponjas hexactinéllidas (Porifera, Protospongiidae) del Cámbrico Medio de San José de Gracia, Sonora, México.

Escleritos aislados de Chancelloria eros Walcott, 1920, Diagoniella sp. y asociaciones de espículas hexactinéllidas-estauractinas y hexactina-pentactinas son descritas para el Cámbrico Medio de San José de Gracia, Sonora, México. El material procede de una secuencia sedimentaria marina de plataforma exterior, constituida principalmente por lutita intercalada con caliza, en asociación con fósiles representativos de la Biozona de Albertella como lo es Peronopsis bonnerensis Resser, 1938; Oryctocephalites walcotti Reeser, 1938; Elrathina antiqua Palmer y Halley, 1979 y Ogygopsis typicalis Resser, 1939; así como braquiópodos inarticulados. Chancelloria eros Walcott, 1920 ha sido reportada anteriormente para el Estado de Sonora, México, en el Cámbrico Medio de la Formación Arrojos, así como Chancelloria sp. en el Cámbrico Temprano de la Formación Puerto Blanco, en asociación con Kiwetinokia en Cerro Rajón en la región de Caborca. Siendo el presente el primer registro para San José de Gracia, Sonora central.Fil: Cuen R, Francisco J.. Universidad de Sonora; MéxicoFil: Beresi, Matilde Sylvia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Científico Tecnológico Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivologia, Glaciologia y Ciencias Ambientales; ArgentinaFil: Montijo, A.. Universidad de Sonora; MéxicoFil: Buitrón, B. E.. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; MéxicoFil: Minjares, M. de la O.. Universidad de Sonora; Méxic

CALIFA, the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey: I. Survey presentation

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