Where: Trujillo, Venezuela (9.6° N, 70.4° W: paleocoordinates 1.5° N, 46.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: La Aguada Member (La Luna Formation), Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)
• ~28 m above the base of the La Aguada Member
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; black shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J.D. Carrillo-Briceño in 2013-2016
• Repository: Alcaldía Bolivariana de Urumaco, Venezuela (AMU-CURS)
Primary reference: A. Albino, J. D. Carrillo-Briceño, and J. M. Neenan. 2016. An enigmatic aquatic snake from the Cenomanian of northern South America. PeerJ 4:e2027:1-26 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 176561: authorized by Pauline Coster, entered by Pauline Coster on 17.02.2016, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Lamniformes indet. Berg 1958 mackerel shark | |
Reptilia | |
Lunaophis aquaticus n. gen. n. sp.
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Actinopteri | |
Enchodontidae indet. Woodward 1901 | |
Ichthyodectiformes indet. Bardack and Sprinkle 1969 | |
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