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Fig. 6

From: Palaeontology, sedimentology, and biostratigraphy of a fossiliferous outcrop of the Early Miocene Querales Formation, Falcón Basin, Venezuela

Fig. 6

Examples of the macroinvertebrate record and of amber from Quebrada Corralito, Querales Formation. Mollusc bivalves; a Anadara sp. [AMU-PI-001] (left valve); b Trachycardium sp. [AMU-PI-002] (right valve, internal mould); c Cyclinella cf. cyclica (Guppy, 1866) [AMU-PI-003] (left valve, internal mould); d Psammacoma cf. falconensis (H.Hodson, 1931) [AMU-PI-004] (right valve, steinkern); e Tellina sp. [AMU-PI-005] (right valve, steinkern); f Veneridae indet.1 [AMU-PI-006] (left valve, internal mould); g Veneridae indet.2 [AMU-PI-007] (right valve). Gastropods; h ‘Turritella’ cf. matarucana F.Hodson, 1926 [AMU-PI-008] (steinkern with shell remains); i Oliva sp. [AMU-PI-009] (steinkern); j Natica sp. [AMU-PI-010] (steinkern with shell remains). Cephalopod; k Aturia sp (lateral view of broken phragmocone, suture partly visible). Linguliform brachiopod; l Glottidia sp. [AMU-PI-011] (pair of divergent internal septa just discernible through semi-translucent shell); m Amber nodule [AMU-PB-1]. Scale bar l = 0.5 cm; a, e, i, j, k, m = 1 cm; b, c, d, f, g, h = 2 cm

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