Английская Википедия:Apón Formation

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox rockunit The Apón Formation is a geological formation in northwestern Venezuela (Maracaibo Basin) and northern Colombia (La Guajira),[1] whose thick-bedded limestone interbedded with subordinate amounts of dark gray calcareous shale and sandy shale strata date back to the Early Cretaceous (Late Aptian epoch).[2] Pterosaur remains of Ornithocheiridae indet. (=?Anhangueridae indet.) are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[3]

Fossil content

The following fossils, among others, have been found in the Apón Formation at Toas island: Spiroculina sp., Orbitolina concava, Gryphaeostrea, Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) boussingaulti, Ostrea sp., Amphitriscoelus waringi, Requienia sp., Parahoplites sp., Cheloniceras sp., Quinqueloculina sp., Triloculina sp.,[2] and Panopea (Myopsis) plicata in Río Negro.[4]

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Bibliography

  1. García González et al., 2010
  2. 2,0 2,1 Apón Formation (Toas Island) at Fossilworks.org
  3. Barrett et al., 2008, p.84
  4. Apón Formation (Río Negro) at Fossilworks.org