Where: Mérida, Venezuela (8.6° N, 71.2° W: paleocoordinates 2.5° N, 47.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: 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: Middle Early Turonian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position with member.
• 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 88080: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 31.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Nannovascoceras sp." = Vascoceras
"Nannovascoceras sp." = Vascoceras Choffat 1898 ammonite |