Palmar-Molinera road (Miocene of Colombia)
Where: Colombia (10.6° N, 75.4° W: paleocoordinates 9.7° N, 72.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• late Burdigalian, 16.5 to 17.3 Ma
Environment/lithology: basinal (); glauconitic limestone
• micritic matrix with glauconitic grains, oval fecal pellets, detritus such as foraminiferan tests and gastropod shells, and signs of bioturbation
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. J. Maury. 1912. A contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15:1-112 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 205109: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Solemyidae indet. Adams and Adams 1857 Awning Clam | |
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828 clam
Amanocina colombiana n. gen. n. sp. Kiel 2013 clam
Elongatolucina peckmanni n. sp. Kiel 2013 clam | |
Bathymodiolus palmarensis Kiel et al. 2010 mussel |