Where: Sucre, Venezuela (10.4° N, 63.4° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 13.6° N, 20.4° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Epicheloniceras martinoides ammonoid zone, Valle Grande Formation, Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Valle Grande Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Late Aptian; Gargasiebn; martinoides zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From basal shale within formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, sideritic shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, replaced with siderite
Reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: surface (float),
• COLLECTOR: Multiple collectoprs. REPOSITORY: Guillaume collection, Compania Shell de Venezuela; Museum of Natural History, Basel.
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 87919: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Valdedorsella getulina, "Beudanticeras (Zuercherella) zuercheri" = Zuercherella zuercheri
Valdedorsella getulina Coquand 1880 ammonite
"Beudanticeras (Zuercherella) zuercheri" = Zuercherella zuercheri Jacob et al. 1906 ammonite |