Catavi Formation

{{Short description|Geological formation in Bolivia}}

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| name = Catavi Formation

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| caption =

| type = Geological formation

| period = Emsian

| age = Pridoli-Emsian
~{{fossil range|418|392}}

| prilithology = Sandstone, siltstone

| otherlithology = Shale, limestone

| namedfor = Catavi

| namedby =

| region = Cochabamba & La Paz Departments

| country = Bolivia

| coordinates = {{coord|17.4|S|66.2|W|display=inline,title}}

| paleocoordinates = {{coord|56.8|S|112.7|W|display=inline}}

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| underlies =

| overlies = Kirusillas Formation

| thickness = Up to {{convert|456|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| extent = Cordillera Oriental

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| map = {{Location map+ | Bolivia

| relief = 1

| width = 250

| float = center

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{{Location map~ | Bolivia

| lat_deg = -17.4

| lon_deg = -66.2

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| marksize = 10

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{{Location map~ | Bolivia

| lat_deg = -18.5

| lon_deg = -64.8

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| marksize = 10

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{{Location map~ | Bolivia

| lat_deg = -15.5

| lon_deg = -68.0

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The Catavi Formation is a Pridoli to Emsian geologic formation of northern and central Bolivia. The formation comprises a {{convert|456|m|ft|abbr=on}} thick succession of fine-grained, olive to brown sandstones and siltstones, shales and black limestones deposited in a shallow to deep marine environment.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=25587 Catavi Unit C3 near Cochabamba] at Fossilworks.org[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=25592 Catavi vertebrate and mollusc fauna at Seripona] at Fossilworks.org[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=37052 Catavi Beds, (Phacopina chojnacotensis bed) La Paz Province, Bolivia] at Fossilworks.org[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=25584 Catavi Unit C1 near Cochabamba] at Fossilworks.org[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=25579 Trilobite faunule in Catavi unit C2 near Cochabamba] at Fossilworks.org