Where: Bolivia (18.5° S, 64.8° W: paleocoordinates 64.9° S, 99.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Catavi Formation, Early/Lower Devonian (419.2 - 393.3 Ma)
• Although formation has been called Silurian based on sedimentological criteria, vertebrates suggest Lower Devonian, even Late Lower Devonian, age.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; shale and black limestone
Primary reference: P. Y. Gagnier, S. Turner, L. Friman, M. Suarez-Riglos, and P. Janvier. 1988. The Devonian vertebrate and mollusc fauna from Seripona (Dept. of Chiquisaca, Bolivia). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 176(2):269-297 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details
PaleoDB collection 25592: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 18.09.2002
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Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bolivacanthus sagitalis n. gen. n. sp.
Bolivacanthus sagitalis n. gen. n. sp. | |
Bivalvia | |
Turinia gondwana n. sp.
Turinia gondwana n. sp. | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Antarctilamna seriponensis n. sp.
Antarctilamna seriponensis n. sp. elasmobranch | |
Acanthodii | |
Acanthodii indet. spiny fish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Onchus punctuatus n. sp. spiny fish
Onchus sicaeformis n. sp. spiny fish
Onchus sp. Agassiz 1837 spiny fish | |
Climatius enodiscosta n. sp.
Climatius enodiscosta n. sp. spiny fish | |
Gyracanthus seriponensis n. sp. spiny fish
Gyracanthus sp. Agassiz 1836 spiny fish | |
Ischnacanthida indet. Berg 1940 spiny fish | |
Gomphonchus pluriformis n. sp.
Gomphonchus pluriformis n. sp. spiny fish | |
Nodonchus rectus n. sp. spiny fish
Sinacanthus boliviensis n. sp. spiny fish
? Sinacanthus sp. P'an Kiang 1958 spiny fish |