Upper Belen Fmn., Phacopina aspera bed, La Paz Province, Bolivia (Devonian of Bolivia)

Also known as Lager der Ph. aspera

Where: La Paz, Bolivia (15.5° S, 68.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 67.3° S, 80.4° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Belen Member (Belen Formation), Emsian (410.6 - 393.5 Ma)

• Age call is based on Isaacson and Sablock (1987) (PBDB ref. 9680). Nested within Ph. aspera bed is the Metacryphaeus cornutus bed.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and shale

• Facies complex is described, including sandstones, shales, and siltstones.

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 37055: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 26.02.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Focus of monograph is trilobites. Other taxa sometimes mentioned as well.
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Artiopoda
 Phacopida - Calmoniidae
Schizostylus brevicaudatus, Phacopina (Vogesina) aspera n. sp., Malvinella haugi, Metacryphaeus cornutus n. sp., Metacryphaeus boulei, Metacryphaeus sp., Metacryphaeus venustus n. sp., Metacryphaeus tuberculatus, Calmonia curvioculata n. sp., Bouleia dagincourti
Phacopina (Vogesina) aspera n. sp. trilobite
Malvinella haugi trilobite
Metacryphaeus cornutus n. sp. trilobite
Metacryphaeus sp. Reed 1907 trilobite
Metacryphaeus venustus n. sp. trilobite
Metacryphaeus tuberculatus Kozlowski 1923 trilobite
Calmonia curvioculata n. sp. trilobite
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Acastoides verneuili
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops salteri" = Viaphacops salteri
"Phacops salteri" = Viaphacops salteri Kozlowski 1923 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
"Acanthopyge balliviani" = Belenopyge balliviani
"Acanthopyge balliviani" = Belenopyge balliviani Kozlowski 1923 trilobite
 Proetida - Otarionidae
Otarion dereimesi
Cephalopoda
 Orthoceratoidea -
Orthocerida indet.
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida -
Conulariida indet.
Conulariida indet. Miller and Gurley 1896 jellyfish