The Apón Formation is a geological
formation
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in northwestern
Venezuela
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(
Maracaibo Basin
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) and northern
Colombia (
La Guajira
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),
[García González et al., 2010] 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).
[ ]Pterosaur
Pterosaurs (; from Greek ''pteron'' and ''sauros'', meaning "wing lizard") is an extinct clade of flying reptiles in the order, Pterosauria. They existed during most of the Mesozoic: from the Late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous (228 ...
remains of Ornithocheiridae indet. (= ?Anhangueridae indet.) are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[Barrett et al., 2008, p.84]
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.'',[Apón Formation (Toas Island)]
at Fossilworks.org and '' Panopea (Myopsis) plicata'' in Río Negro.[Apón Formation (Río Negro)]
at Fossilworks.org
See also
* List of pterosaur-bearing stratigraphic units
This is a list of stratigraphic units, where pterosaur fossils have been recovered from. Units listed are all either formation rank or higher (e.g. group).
See also
* Pterosaur
* List of fossil sites
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Geologic formations of Colombia
Geologic formations of Venezuela
Lower Cretaceous Series of South America
Cretaceous Colombia
Cretaceous Venezuela
Limestone formations
Marl formations
Shallow marine deposits
Aptian Stage
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of South America
Paleontology in Venezuela
Geography of La Guajira Department
Geography of Zulia
Maracaibo basin
Colombia–Venezuela border