Yampopata (Permian to of Bolivia)

Where: Bolivia (16.1° S, 69.1° W: paleocoordinates 30.0° S, 45.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Copacabana Formation, Sakmarian to Sakmarian (293.5 - 279.3 Ma)

• No stratigraphic details given, but most of the fossiliferous intervals in the Yampupata area are in the upper part of the section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Alexander Agassiz in 1875

Primary reference: O. A. Derby. 1876. Exploration of Lake Titicaca II. Notice of the Palaeozoic Fossils. Carboniferous fishes from the central western States 3:279-286 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120489: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae
"Euomphalus antiquus" = Omphalotrochus antiquus
"Euomphalus antiquus" = Omphalotrochus antiquus d'Orbigny 1842 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Euomphalus" sp. Sowerby 1814 snail
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
 Productida - Productellidae
Alpavlia boliviensis d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Productidae
"Stereochia inca" = Dasysaria inca
"Stereochia inca" = Dasysaria inca d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Productus cora" = Linoproductus cora
"Productus cora" = Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
"Chonetes" glabra Geinitz 1866
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Athyris subtilita" = Composita subtilita
"Athyris subtilita" = Composita subtilita Hall 1852
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Gypospirifer condor d'Orbigny 1842
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
"Rhynchonella" sp. Fischer 1809
Species compared with "R." pleurodon or "Pugnax" utah