BETA TEST - Fossil data and pages are very much experimental and under development. Please report any problems
NMB Loc. 17569 - Cerro Guamache [Cerro Negro Fm], Sucre, Venezuela
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 10.6178,-64.1383 |
---|---|
Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Sucre, Venezuela |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
NMB Loc. 17569 - Cerro Guamache [Cerro Negro Fm] | Jung P. (1989) | Cubagua - Cerro Negro | STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Cerro Negro Fm of the Cubagua Gp (Late Miocene-Pliocene), which overlies the La Güica Fm; Jung (1989) treats this as the Cerro Negro Mbr of the Cubagua Formation, but the Cubagua is now raised to group status. AGE: Early Pliocene; mostly likely falls within the Globorotalia margaritae Zone (Boli,& Bermudez, 1965; and other refs). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation. | "siliciclastic" | 5.333 - 3.6 Ma Neogene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
---|---|---|
Strombina (Arayina) arayana species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Columbellidae : Strombina : Strombina (Arayina) arayana | 5.333 - 3.6 Ma Neogene |
References
Jung P. (1989) Revision of the Strombina-group (Gastropoda; Columbellidae), fossil and living, Schweierische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 111, 1-298 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!