Motatán-4 (Eocene of Venezuela)
Where: Trujillo, Venezuela (9.7° N, 70.9° W: paleocoordinates 7.5° N, 64.2° W)
When: Misoa Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• uppe Eocene
Environment/lithology: marine; gray, argillaceous, silty limestone
• discoidal concretion of gray to dark gray, silty argillaceous limestone which is enclosed in a matrix of darker gray to nearly black, micaceous, carbonaceous, silty fissile shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. W. Ansigard. 1954. An Echinoid from the Eocene of Western Venezuela. Journal of Paleontology 28(6):830-834 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 203157: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.08.2019
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Taxonomic list
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| Echinoidea | |
"Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) sp." = Plagiobrissus
"Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) sp." = Plagiobrissus Pomel 1883 heart urchin | |