Also known as Maracaibo Basin Locality 9

Where: Venezuela (10.4° N, 71.1° W: paleocoordinates 9.8° N, 68.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: La Rosa Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: Shell Caribbean Petroleum Company collections reposited at Lousiana State University

Primary reference: W. A. van den Bold. 1950. Miocene Ostracoda from Venezuela. Journal of Paleontology 24(1):76-88 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93926: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 06.02.2010

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