Isthmus of Copacabana (Carboniferous to of Bolivia)

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
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bellerophon" sp. de Montfort 1808 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Euomphalus" sp. Sowerby 1814 snail
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus inca" = Dasysaria inca
"Productus inca" = Dasysaria inca d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Productellidae
"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
 Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
Pugnax utah Marcou 1858
 Orthida - Orthidae
 Orthida - Enteletidae
"Orthis andii" = Enteletes andii
"Orthis andii" = Enteletes andii d'Orbigny 1842
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer condor" = Gypospirifer condor
"Spirifer condor" = Gypospirifer condor d'Orbigny 1842
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Athyris subtilita" = Composita subtilita
"Athyris subtilita" = Composita subtilita Hall 1852