La Piedra (Miocene of Venezuela)
Where: Venezuela (8.2° N, 69.7° W: paleocoordinates 7.2° N, 65.5° W)
When: Policarpo Member (PozoĢn Formation), Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic marl
• methane-seep
• marly limestones, clays, with glauconititc beds at its base. Iron concretions are frequent.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Kiel and B. T. Hansen. 2015. Cenozoic Methane-Seep Faunas of the Caribbean Region. PLoS One 10(10):e0140788 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 205120: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Bivalvia | |
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Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828 clam
? Meganodontia sp. Bouchet and Cosel 2004 clam | |
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Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840 mussel | |