Headwaters of Quebrada Ceibita (Miocene of Venezuela)

Also known as Maracaibo Basin Locality 1

Where: Venezuela (10.5° N, 71.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 68.4° 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 93918: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 06.02.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae