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 radicostataAntarctilamna seriponensisAustralocoelia tourtelotiBolivacanthus sagitalisBurmeisteria herscheliCingulochitina ceneratiensis, C. ervensisClarkeia antisiensisClimatius enodiscostaGomphonchus pluriformisGyracanthus seriponensisKazachstania gerardoiLeonaspis (Leonaspis) aracanaLeonaspis (Leonaspis) berryiLeonaspis (? Leonaspis) chacaltayanaNodonchus rectusOdontochile andiiOnchus punctuatus, O. sicaeformisPaciphacops waisfeldaePalaeoneilo unionoidesPhacopina (Phacopina) chojnacotensisSinacanthus boliviensisTurinia gondwanaAndinacaste cf. legrandiBurmeisteria (Digonus) cf. noticusCalymene 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.