Maracaibo, SW (Miocene of Venezuela)

Where: Zulia, Venezuela (10.5° N, 71.7° W: paleocoordinates 10.0° N, 69.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C.T. Berry. 1941. Tertiary ophiurans from Venezuela. Journal of Paleontology 15(1):68-70 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 204605: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.09.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ophiuroidea
 Amphilepidida - Amphiuridae
Amphioplus venezuelanus n. sp. Berry 1941 brittle star