Where: Trujillo, Venezuela (9.6° N, 70.3° W: paleocoordinates 2.5° N, 47.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mammites nodosoides ammonoid zone, Chejendé Member (La Luna Formation), Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Chejendé 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 Turonian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy; Mammites nodosoides zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From assemblages 2a of the Chejendé Mbr.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by Renz
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: O. Renz. REPOSITORY: Renz coll., 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 88036: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Glyptoxoceras cf. indicum Forbes 1846 ammonite | |
Anagaudryceras sp. Shimizu 1934 ammonite | |
Hoplitoides sp. von Koenen 1898 ammonite
Hoplitoides aff. mirabilis Pervinquiére 1907 ammonite | |
? Fagesia sp., "Nannovascoceras sp." = Vascoceras, "Neoptychites xetriformis" = Neoptychites cephalotus
? Fagesia sp. Pervinquiére 1907 ammonite
"Nannovascoceras sp." = Vascoceras Choffat 1898 ammonite
"Neoptychites xetriformis" = Neoptychites cephalotus Courtiller 1860 ammonite | |
Mammites spinosus, Mammites nodosoides, Mitonia sp., Mitonia evoluta n. sp., "Euomphaloceras (Kanabiceras) septemseriatum" = Euomphaloceras septemseriatum, Kamerunoceras sp., Benueites trinidadensis, Benueites reymenti, ? Watinoceras aff. coloradoense
Mammites spinosus ammonite
Mammites nodosoides Schlüter 1871 ammonite
Mitonia sp. Renz and Alvarez 1979 ammonite
Mitonia evoluta n. sp. Renz 1982 ammonite
"Euomphaloceras (Kanabiceras) septemseriatum" = Euomphaloceras septemseriatum Cragin 1893 ammonite
Kamerunoceras sp. Reyment 1954 ammonite
Benueites trinidadensis Renz 1982 ammonite
Benueites reymenti Collignon 1966 ammonite
? Watinoceras aff. coloradoense Henderson 1908 ammonite | |