A-8608 (Cretaceous of Venezuela)

Where: Trujillo, Venezuela (9.1° N, 70.4° W: paleocoordinates 2.7° N, 47.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: La Luna Formation, Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

• stratigraphic position within unknown

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, concretionary, black, gray, calcareous, carbonaceous shale and lithified, black, gray, carbonaceous limestone

• dark gray to black , hard, calcareous shales, and black or dark gray limestones in beds of variable thickness.

•bituminous throughout, contains ellipsoidal limestone concretinos of varying size. in this area, calcareous shales form the bulk of the formation.

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: R.F. Rutsch and A. Salvador. 1954. Mollusks from the Cogollo and La Luna Formations (Cretaceous) of the Chejende area, western Venezuela. Journal of Paleontology 28(4):417-426 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64442: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Linda Ivany on 08.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Didymotis variabilis
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Inoceramus (Mytiloides) labiatus" = Mytiloides labiatus
"Inoceramus (Mytiloides) labiatus" = Mytiloides labiatus Schlotheim 1813 clam