Club Miramar (Pliocene of Venezuela)

Where: Falcon, Venezuela (11.7° N, 70.2° W: paleocoordinates 11.5° N, 69.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Paraguana Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• Overlying Formation: It is unclear what the overlying formation is. Underlying Formation: Unconformably overlies the Cantaure Formation. Thickness: It is unclear what the thickness is. (Mecellari 1995; Carrillo-Briceno et al., 2016).

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone and brown shale

• There are two members associated with this formation: The El Hato Member and Amuay Member. It is unclear what member the fossils were found in, but the environment for both was similar. They included nearshore tropical marine environments, shallow bays, and littoral lagoons. (Rey 1996; Aguilera et al., 2008).
• The El Hato Member consists of silty and clayey mudstone with light brown marine shale. The gray limose layer alternates with fine clay and ferruginous limonite. The upper member (Amuay Member) is represented by a fossiliferous carbonate interval consisting of limestone. (Rey 1996; Aguilera et al., 2008).

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Aguilera, D. Rodrigues de Aguilera, F. J. Vega and M. R. Sanchez-Villagra. 2010. Mesozoic and Cenozoic decapod crustaceans from Venezuela and related trace-fossil assemblages. In M. R. Sanchez-Villagra, O. A. Aguilera, A. A. Carlini (eds.), Urumaco and Venezuelan Paleontology: The Fossil Record of the Northern Neotropics 103-129 [J. Wolfe/A. Lynch]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 228730: authorized by Joanna Wolfe, entered by Arthur Lynch on 29.12.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Majidae
Mithrax sp.
Mithrax sp. Latreille 1817 spider crab