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Tinacoa, Zulia, Venezuela
Formation | Tinacoa |
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Age: | 201 - 164 Ma Jurassic |
Interval | Early Jurassic - Middle Jurassic |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 2 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Sierra de Perija | Zulia, Venezuela | Tinacoa |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Macoita | 166 - 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 2 | |
Rio Cachira - Cano del Oeste | 388 - 383 Ma Devonian | mudstone/sandstone, sandstone/mudstone, "shale"/sandstone, siltstone | 95 |
Rio Cachira - Cano Grande | 408 - 388 Ma Devonian | sandstone/"shale", mudstone | 66 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Otozamites sp. genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Otozamites | 201.3 - 163.5 Ma Jurassic |
Ptilophyllum sp. genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Cycadales : Ptilophyllum | 201.3 - 163.5 Ma Jurassic |
References
Gonzalez de Juana C., Iturralde de Arozena J., et al (1980) Geologia de Venezuela y de sus cuencas petroliferas 1, 162-166 |
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!