Palmar-Molinera road (Miocene of Colombia)

Where: Colombia (10.6° N, 75.4° W: paleocoordinates 9.7° N, 72.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• late Burdigalian, 16.5 to 17.3 Ma

Environment/lithology: basinal (); glauconitic limestone

• micritic matrix with glauconitic grains, oval fecal pellets, detritus such as foraminiferan tests and gastropod shells, and signs of bioturbation

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. J. Maury. 1912. A contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15:1-112 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 205109: 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
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
Solemyidae indet.
Solemyidae indet. Adams and Adams 1857 Awning Clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Bathymodiolus palmarensis
Bathymodiolus palmarensis Kiel et al. 2010 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet., Elongatolucina peckmanni n. sp., Amanocina colombiana n. gen. n. sp.
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828 clam
Elongatolucina peckmanni n. sp. Kiel 2013 clam
Amanocina colombiana n. gen. n. sp. Kiel 2013 clam