near Consata: Darriwilian, Bolivia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea
Pseudamplexograptus latus Bulman 1931
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Isograptidae
Parisograptus caduceus (Salter and Bigby 1853)
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Glossograptidae
Cryptograptus schaeferi
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Tetragraptidae
Pseudotrigonograptus sp.
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae
Didymograptus sp. McCoy 1851
Didymograptus cf. murchisoni (Beck 1839)
original and current combination Graptolithus murchisonii
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Oelandograptus oelandicus
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Hustedograptus bulmani
Pterobranchia
Thamnograptus ? sp.
nomen vanum belonging to Graptolithina
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Heterorthidae
Tissintia sp.
Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Huemacaspis teopontensis
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Incaia nordenskioeldi
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Hoekaspis yahuari
Hoekaspis sp. Kobayashi 1937
see common names

Geography
Country:Bolivia
Coordinates: 15.5° South, 68.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.3° South, 121.8° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Middle Ordovician
Stage:Darriwilian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 3
Key time interval:Darriwilian Graptolite zone: Archiclimacograptus decoratus
Age range of interval:467.30000 - 458.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Coroico
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Archiclimacograptus decoratus zone. Da2-Da3; given as Llanvirn elsewhere.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black siltstone
Environment:deep subtidal indet.
Geology comments: black siltstones intercalated with thin beds of siltstone. The Coroico Formation crops out primarily in the core of broad anticlinal structures and comprises mainly black siltstones. The base of the sequence is not exposed. The lower most strata are fine brownish sandstones with horizontal lamination that grade upward into carbonaceous siltstones and fine gained sandstones. The unit coarsens upward and grades into the more sand-rich Amutara Formation. Shelly fossils are rare and are principally the trilobites
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:145517
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-06-04 23:11:34 Last modified:2019-10-10 14:48:59
Access level:the public Released:2013-06-04 23:11:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

47041. C. Mitchell, E. D. Brussa, and J. Maletz. 2008. A mixed Isograptid-Didymograptid Graptolite assemblage from the Middle Ordovician of West Gondwana (NW Bolivia): implications for Graptolite Paleoecology. Journal of Paleontology 82(6):1114-1126 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]