Mata Cana (Oligocene of Colombia)
Also known as Mata cona
Where: Colombia (9.1° N, 75.8° W: paleocoordinates 6.9° N, 70.0° W)
When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• Lower Oligocene; San JoseĢ ls., Field along cut rd.
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone
• peloidal micrite with microdetritus and abundant 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 205110: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Malacostraca | |
Goneplacoidea indet. MacLeay 1838 crab | |
Bivalvia | |
Solemya aff. belensis Awning Clam | |
"Truncacila sp." = Acila (Truncacila)
"Truncacila sp." = Acila (Truncacila) Grant and Gale 1931 divaricate nutclam | |
Elongatolucina sp. Gill and Little 2013 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
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