Also known as Lager der Ph. lacunafera
Where: La Paz, Bolivia (15.5° S, 68.0° W: paleocoordinates 63.8° S, 83.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Belen Member (Belen Formation), Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)
• Age call is based on Isaacson and Sablock (1987) (PBDB ref. 9680). Nested within the lacunafera bed is the Metacryphaeus giganteus bed, and within this the Odontochile branisi bed.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and shale
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 37054: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 26.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chlorophyceae | |
Receptaculites sp. Defrance 1827 | |
Anthozoa | |
Pleurodictyum sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral | |
Scyphozoa | |
Conulariida indet. Miller and Gurley 1896 jellyfish | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Blastoidea | |
Blastoidea indet. Say 1825 blastoid | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Trilobita | |
Phacops salteri trilobite | |
Odontochile branisi n. sp.
Odontochile branisi n. sp. trilobite | |
Metacryphaeus praecursor n. sp., Metacryphaeus giganteus, Metacryphaeus boulei, ? Schizostylus brevicaudatus, Malvinella haugi, Phacopina (Vogesina) lacunafera n. sp.
Metacryphaeus praecursor n. sp. trilobite
Metacryphaeus giganteus trilobite
Metacryphaeus boulei trilobite
? Schizostylus brevicaudatus trilobite
Malvinella haugi trilobite
Phacopina (Vogesina) lacunafera n. sp. trilobite | |
Acastoides verneuili trilobite |