Up-to-date overview of the Ordovician and Silurian graptolites from Bolivia.

MALETZ J.; TORO, B.A

Fósiles y Facies de Bolivia

Sincronía Diseño & Publicidad

Lugar: Santa Cruz de la Sierra; Año: 2017; p. 59 - 81

This paper presents a general overview of the Ordovician and Silurian graptolites from the different classic fossiliferous localities of Bolivia, thereby revising previous records. It includes material that has confidently been identified, described and illustrated previously by different authors, as well as a number of taxa that have not been analysed before. In addition, records of the index species Rhabdinopora flabelliformis canadensis (Lapworth, 1898) and Didymograptellus bifidus (J. Hall, 1865) are confirmed for the first tiem from the Bolivian Eastern Cordillera are confirmed for the first time in the Eastern Cordillera. Their biostratigraphic implications are briefly discussed in order to provide relevant information to fill the gaps in the Early Paleozoic succession from western Gondwana, and improve its regional and international correlation.