Catavi Formation

The Catavi Formation is a Pridoli to Emsian geologic formation of northern and central Bolivia. The formation comprises a 456 m (1,496 ft) thick succession of fine-grained, olive to brown sandstones and siltstones, shales and black limestones deposited in a shallow to deep marine environment.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Catavi Formation
Stratigraphic range: Pridoli-Emsian ~418–392 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Overlies	Kirusillas Formation
Thickness	Up to 456 m (1,496 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone, siltstone
Other	Shale, limestone
Location
Coordinates	17.4°S 66.2°W / -17.4; -66.2
Approximate paleocoordinates	56.8°S 112.7°W / -56.8; -112.7
Region	Cochabamba & La Paz Departments
Country	Bolivia
Extent	Cordillera Oriental
Type section
Named for	Catavi
Catavi Formation (Bolivia)

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 (Leonaspis) aracana
• Leonaspis (Leonaspis) berryi
• Leonaspis (? Leonaspis) chacaltayana
• Nodonchus rectus
• Odontochile andii
• Onchus punctuatus, O. sicaeformis
• Paciphacops waisfeldae
• Palaeoneilo unionoides
• Phacopina (Phacopina) chojnacotensis
• Sinacanthus boliviensis
• Turinia gondwana
• Andinacaste cf. legrandi
• Burmeisteria (Digonus) 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.

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Bolivia