Where: Bolivia (16.3° S, 68.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° S, 48.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Copacabana Formation, Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, gray, white, cherty/siliceous limestone and lithified, red sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by D. Merino-Rodo, P. Janvier, M. Suarez-Riglos, G. Rodrigo in 1984
Collection methods: quarrying, chemical,
Primary reference: D. Merino-Rodo and P. Janvier. 1986. Chondrichthyan and actinopterygian remains from the Lower Permian Copacabana Formation of Bolivia. Geobios 19(4):479-493 [M. Clapham/D. Robinson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 117946: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by David Robinson on 29.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Parahelicoprion mariosuarezi n. sp.
Parahelicoprion mariosuarezi n. sp. Merino-Rodo and Janvier 1986 chimaera |