Quebrada Vigia (Miocene of Venezuela)

Also known as Maracaibo Basin Locality 11

Where: Venezuela (10.4° N, 71.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 11.1° N, 66.9° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: La Rosa Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: Shell Caribbean Petroleum Company collections reposited at Lousiana State University

Primary reference: W. A. van den Bold. 1950. Miocene Ostracoda from Venezuela. Journal of Paleontology 24(1):76-88 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93928: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 06.02.2010

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
 Podocopida - Cytheromatidae
 Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Buntonia tamarense n. sp. ostracod
Pterygocythereis americana Ulrich and Bassler 1904 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
"Cytherideis howei" = Cushmanidea
"Cytherideis howei" = Cushmanidea ostracod
 Podocopida - Loxoconchidae
Cytheromorpha warneri Howe and Spurgeon 1935 ostracod
 Podocopida - Leguminocythereidae
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod