Aguadilla Formation (Miocene of Puerto Rico)

Where: Puerto Rico (18.3° N, 66.3° W: paleocoordinates 18.0° N, 65.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Aguada Limestone Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Aguadilla Formation [=Aguada Limestone], for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not reported. AGE: Early Miocene in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: List representative of formation

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow carbonate setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown

Primary reference: H. E. Vokes and E. H. Vokes. 1968. Variation in the genus Orthaulax (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 6(2):71-84 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92453: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.11.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: General list for Aguadilla Formation, but limited to taxa described in taxonomic publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-level nomenclature, and modern nomenclature.
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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Thersiteidae
Orthaulax aguadillensis
Orthaulax aguadillensis Maury 1920 snail