La Paz, Belen Fm, Platyceras Zone (Devonian of Bolivia)

Where: Bolivia (17.6° S, 67.6° W: paleocoordinates 64.3° S, 88.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Platyceras zone, Lower Belen Member (Belen Formation), Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

• Lower Devonian.

Environment/lithology: offshore; siltstone

• Brown, micaceous siltstones

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: J. R. Thompson, W. I. Ausich, and L. Smith. 2013. Echinoderms from the Lower Devonian (Emsian) of Bolivia (Malvinokaffric Realm). Journal of Paleontology 87(1):166-175 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140174: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 05.03.2013

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Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
 Diplobathrida -
 Monobathrida - Melocrinitidae
 Monobathrida -