Where: Bolivia (16.1° S, 69.1° W: paleocoordinates 30.0° S, 45.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Copacabana Formation, Sakmarian to Sakmarian (293.5 - 279.3 Ma)

• No stratigraphic details given, but most of the fossiliferous intervals in the Yampupata area are in the upper part of the section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Alexander Agassiz in 1875

Primary reference: O. A. Derby. 1876. Exploration of Lake Titicaca II. Notice of the Palaeozoic Fossils. Carboniferous fishes from the central western States 3:279-286 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120489: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.11.2011

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