Catavi Formation

The Catavi Formation is a Pridoli to Emsian geologic formation of northern and central Bolivia. The formation comprises a 456 m 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 (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.