Pircancha Formation
The Pircancha Formation is a Floian to Dapingian geologic formation of southern Bolivia. The green mudstones, shales and sandstones were deposited in a shallow to open marine environment.[1][2] The fossil Pircanchaspis rinconensis is named after the formation.
Pircancha Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Floian-Dapingian ~ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Thickness | 1,800 m (5,900 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Mudstone |
Other | Shale, sandstone, pyrite |
Location | |
Coordinates | 21.0°S 65.0°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 45.3°S 129.1°W |
Region | Tarija Department |
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![]() ![]() ![]() Pircancha Formation (Bolivia) |
Fossil content
The formation has provided the following fossils:
- Bactroceras boliviensis[3]
- Baltograptus deflexus, B. minutus
- Pircanchaspis rinconensis
- Pseudophyllograptus densus
- Tetragraptus cf. amii
- Didymograptus cf. suecicus
- Basilicus sp.
- Dinorthis sp.
- Famatinolithus sp.
- Geragnostus sp.
- Hoekaspis sp.
- Phyllograptus sp.
- Synhomalonotus sp.
References
- "Rincon", "Escuela Seccional de Puesto Grande" at Fossilworks.org
- Pircancha Fm., Tarija and Chilcayo at Fossilworks.org
- Aubrechtová, 2015
Bibliography
- Aubrechtová, Martina. 2015. A revision of the Ordovician cephalopod Bactrites sandbergeri Barrande: systematic position and palaeobiogeography of Bactroceras. Geobios 48(3). 193–211. Accessed 2019-03-03.
Further reading
- B.-D. Erdtmann, B. Weber, H.-P. Schultze and S. Egenhoff. 2000. A possible agnathan plate from the lower Arenig (Lower Ordovician) of South Bolivia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(2):394-399
- M. Toro and S. Fernandez. 1979. Los fósiles de la formación Pircancha aflorante en Chilcayo, Provincia Méndez - Depto. Tarija. Revista de la Academia Nacional de Ciencas de Bolivia 163-169
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