Catavi Formation
The Catavi Formation is a Pridoli to Emsian geologic formation of northern and central Bolivia. The formation comprises a thick succession of fine-grained, olive to brown sandstones and siltstones, shales and black limestones deposited in a shallow to deep marine environment.
Fossil content
The formation has provided the following fossils:- Andinodesma radicostata
- Antarctilamna seriponensis
- Australocoelia tourteloti
- Bolivacanthus sagitalis
- Burmeisteria herscheli
- Cingulochitina ceneratiensis, C. ervensis
- Clarkeia antisiensis
- Climatius enodiscosta
- Gomphonchus pluriformis
- Gyracanthus seriponensis
- Kazachstania gerardoi
- Leonaspis aracana
- Leonaspis berryi
- Leonaspis chacaltayana
- Nodonchus rectus
- Odontochile andii
- Onchus punctuatus, O. sicaeformis
- Paciphacops waisfeldae
- Palaeoneilo unionoides
- Phacopina chojnacotensis
- Sinacanthus boliviensis
- Turinia gondwana
- Andinacaste cf. legrandi
- Burmeisteria cf. noticus
- Calymene sp.
- Pleurodictyum sp.
- Trimerus sp.
- Acanthodii indet.
- Brachiopoda indet.
- Bryozoa indet.
- Cephalopoda indet.
- Gastropoda indet.
- Ischnacanthida indet.
- Ophiuroidea indet.
- Palaeotaxodonta indet.
- Tentaculitida indet.
- Trilobita indet.