Lares Limestone (Oligocene of Puerto Rico)

Where: Puerto Rico (18.3° N, 66.3° W: paleocoordinates 17.5° N, 65.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Lares Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Lares Limestone, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not reported. AGE: Late Oligocene in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: List representative of formation

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow carbonate setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, assume on the basis of lithostratigraphic name.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown

Primary reference: W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93675: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.01.2010

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: General list for Lares Limestone, but limited to taxa described in taxonomic publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-level nomenclature, and modern nomenclature.
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Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Clementia (Clementia) dariena
Clementia (Clementia) dariena Conrad 1855 venus clam
SUBSPECIES: Clementia (Clementia) dariena rabelli
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Flabellipecten antiguensis
Flabellipecten antiguensis Brown 1913 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea rugifera
Cubitostrea rugifera Dall 1898 oyster