Vila Vila Beds, La Paz Province, Bolivia: Lochkovian - Pragian, Bolivia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Meganterididae
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Geography
| Country: | Bolivia | State/province: | La Paz |
| Coordinates: | 15.5° South, 68.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 73.3° South, 82.2° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Early Devonian |
| Stage: | Lochkovian - Pragian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 1 |
| Key time interval: | Lochkovian - Pragian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 419.62 - 410.62 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Vila Vila |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | "shale" |
| Lithology description: "Die Vilavila-Schichten setzen sich aus Sandsteinen und Quartziten mit Einschaltungen von Schiefertonen zusammen." | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Focus of monograph is trilobites. Other taxa sometimes mentioned as well. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Vilavila Schichten | ||
| Database number: | 37053 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Foote | Enterer: | M. Foote |
| Modifier: | M. Foote | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-02-26 08:48:13 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-02-26 08:48:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9698. | R. Wolfart. 1968. Die Trilobiten aus dem Devon Boliviens und ihre Bedeutung fuer Stratigraphie und Tiergeographie. Beihefte zum Geologischen Jahrbuch 74:5-201 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote] |