Where: Lara, Venezuela (9.4° N, 70.3° W: paleocoordinates 1.3° N, 46.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Aguada Member (La Luna Formation), Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Aguada Mbr of the La Luna Fm, which regionally overlies the La Puya and Peñas Altas Fms (Albian-Aptian) and is overlain by the Colón Fm. AGE: Early Cenomanin. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the upper part of the Aguada Mbr, La Luna Fm.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by de Jong & Renz
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: J. de Jong & O. Renz. REPOSITORY: Renz and de Jong coll's, Compania, Shell de Venezuela.
Primary reference: O. Renz. 1982. The Cretaceous ammonites of Venezuela 1-132 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 88075: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 31.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Sharpeiceras occidentale" = Sharpeiceras florencae
"Sharpeiceras occidentale" = Sharpeiceras florencae Spath 1925 ammonite |