Where: Colombia (8.0° N, 73.0° W: paleocoordinates 48.0° S, 48.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Rio Chitagá Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• Middle Devonian is resting unconformably on basement. Devonian consists of three members; collection is from the upper one. Formation from Pastor-Chacón, Reyes-Abril, Cáceres-Guevara, Sarmiento & Cramer 2013.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; ferruginous, ooidal sandstone and shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Boinet, C. Babin, J. Broutin, H. Lardeux, D. Pons and P. Racheboeuf. 1986. Les grandes etapes de l'evolution paleozoique du Massif de Santander (Andes de Colombie): signification de la discordance du Devonian moyen. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences de Paris, Serie II 303(8):707-712 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35982: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 12.01.2004

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