Obispo Fm., San Lucas, Bolivia: Arenig, Bolivia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Endoceratidae
Endoceras sp. Hall 1847
Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae
Pachendoceras sp. Ulrich and Foerste 1936
Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Eothinoceratidae
Margaritoceras sp. Cecioni and Flower 1985
Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae
Hypermecaspis sp. Harrington and Leanza 1957
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Niobides sp. Harrington and Leanza 1957
Hoekaspis sp. Kobayashi 1937
Megalaspis sp. Angelin 1851
replaced by Megistaspis
see common names

Geography
Country:Bolivia
Coordinates: 20.0° South, 65.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.2° South, 128.5° West
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 2
*Period:Early/Lower Ordovician *Epoch:Early/Lower Arenig
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Arenig
Key time interval:Arenig
Age range of interval:477.70000 - 468.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Obispo
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,red or brown lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: dark gray cone-in-cone concretions in gray shale and siltstone intercalated with gray-brown sandstone
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: JA: marked by Novack-Gottshall without explanation as omitting some genera, some macrofossils, some microfossils, and species names, but apparently complete
Metadata
Database number:8846
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-09-01 11:20:12 Last modified:2007-02-21 19:26:07
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

625. L. Branisa. 1965. Los fosiles guias de Bolivia: I. Paleozoico. Boletin de Servicio Geologico de Bolivia. La Paz, Bolivia 6:1-282 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Wagner]