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Hodson Loc. 86 [Urumaco Fm], Falcón, Venezuela
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 11.2231,-70.2528 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on political unit |
Given Location | Falcon, Venezuela |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Falcón, Venezuela |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Hodson Loc. 86 [Urumaco Fm] | Hodson F., Hodson H. K., et al (1927) | Urumaco - Middle | LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Urumaco Formation, which overlies the Socorro Formation (Middle-Late Miocene) and is overlain by the Codore Formation (late Miocene-early Pliocene). AGE: Late Miocene, based on recent foraminiferal biostratigraphy (Smith et al., 2010) and Sr analyses (Hendy et al., unpublished data); upper Middle Miocene in Hodson & Hodson (1931). | siltstone | 11.608 - 5.333 Ma Miocene |
Recorded Fossils
References
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!