Ancoraimes A21a (Permian of Bolivia)

Where: Bolivia (15.9° S, 68.9° W: paleocoordinates 32.3° S, 48.2° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Copacabana Formation, Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified, fine-grained, shelly/skeletal, brown, gray, yellow, muddy, calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by K. Badyrka, M. Clapham, S. Lopez in 2011

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: K. A. Badyrka, M. E. Clapham, and S. Lopez. 2013. Paleoecology of brachiopod communities during the late Paleozoic ice age in Bolivia (Copacabana Formation, Pennsylvanian-Early Permian). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 387:56-65 [M. Clapham/K. Badyrka /M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 128653: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Kira Badyrka on 15.06.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Phricodothyris sp. George 1932
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Gypospirifer condor d'Orbigny 1842
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Reticulariina sp. Fredericks 1916
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma thevenini Kozlowski 1914
Strophomenata
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Hystriculina ? orbignyana de Koninck 1847
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes variolata d'Orbigny 1842
Quadrochonetes sp. Stehli 1954
Chonetinella sp. Ramsbottom 1952
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia buchi d'Orbigny 1842