Yampupata Ya2 (Carboniferous of Bolivia)

Where: Bolivia (16.1° S, 69.1° W: paleocoordinates 37.0° S, 53.0° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Copacabana Formation, Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)

• Base of measured section starts above base of Copacabana Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified, green, silty lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by K. Badyrka, 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 151102: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.09.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chileata
 Dictyonellida - Isogrammidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Gypospirifer sp. Cooper and Grant 1976
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Phricodothyris sp. George 1932
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Strophomenata
 Productida - Linoproductidae
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962