Where: Bolivia (16.2° S, 68.9° W: paleocoordinates 31.6° S, 46.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Copacabana Formation, Gzhelian to Gzhelian (303.7 - 279.3 Ma)
• No stratigraphic details given
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by David Forbes
• Forbes's collecting was limited by a war declared between Peru and Bolivia when he was visiting.
Primary reference: J. W. Salter. 1861. On the fossils, from the high Andes, collected by David Forbes, Esq, FRS, FGS. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 17:62-73 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 120479: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.11.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Bellerophon" sp. de Montfort 1808 snail | |
"Euomphalus" sp. Sowerby 1814 snail | |
Strophomenata | |
"Productus inca" = Dasysaria inca
"Productus inca" = Dasysaria inca d'Orbigny 1842 | |
"Productus boliviensis" = Alpavlia boliviensis, "Productus capaci" = Kozlowskia capaci
"Productus boliviensis" = Alpavlia boliviensis d'Orbigny 1842 Listed under Spirifer but assumed to be Productus
"Productus capaci" = Kozlowskia capaci d'Orbigny 1842 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Pugnax utah Marcou 1858 | |
"Orthis andii" = Enteletes andii
"Orthis andii" = Enteletes andii d'Orbigny 1842 | |
"Spirifer condor" = Gypospirifer condor
"Spirifer condor" = Gypospirifer condor d'Orbigny 1842 | |
"Athyris subtilita" = Composita subtilita
"Athyris subtilita" = Composita subtilita Hall 1852 |