BETA TEST - Fossil data and pages are very much experimental and under development. Please report any problems
Locality 5, Mérida, Venezuela
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 8.025,-71.3417 |
---|---|
Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Merida, Venezuela |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Mérida, Venezuela |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Locality 5, mule trail between El Portachuelo and Palo Quemado | Hoover P.R. (1981) | Palmarito | Large (ca. 8 cubic meter) exotic block sampled for multiple blocks. Stratigraphic position unknown. Palmarito Fm contains Perrinites hilli and Parafusulina of Kungurian age. | packstone | 279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian |
Recorded Fossils
References
Hoover P.R. (1981) Paleontology, Taphonomy, and Paleoecology of the Palmarito Formation (Permian of Venezuela), Bulletins of American Paleontology 80 313, 1-138 |
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!