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Fossiliferous strata near Lake Titicaca (Bolivia) 4/4
Pierre-Olivier Combelles posted a topic in Fossil ID
I lived several years in Bolivia, doing botany, ethnobotany, agronomy and agriculture. On december 28th, 1998, travelling in my car with my family around Lake Titicaca, I took these pictures of magnificent fossiliferous marny strata on the side of the road between the strait of Tiquina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Tiquina and Copacabana (Tiquina is between Huarina on the map and Copacabana), on the bolivian southern side of the lake. Geologically, this area seems to belong to Devonian. What do you think about this ? As being not paleontologist, it would interest me. Thanks in advance for your remarks. * I remember that In the 1990' and 2000', one could purchase in the streets of La Paz, as I saw it many times, fake Trilobits made of black terracota by Aymara people (traders in the soul and skilful crafts men) very, very nice and accurates and certainly made by moulding. This kind of geological site was perhaps a source o inspiration for them...