Lares Limestone
The Lares Limestone is a geologic formation in Puerto Rico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene period.[1]
| Lares Limestone Stratigraphic range: Late Oligocene-Early Miocene | |
|---|---|
| Type | Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Marl, shale phosphate |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 18.4°N 67.0°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 17.6°N 66.0°W |
| Region | Caribbean |
| Country | Puerto Rico |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Lares |
  Lares Limestone (Puerto Rico) | |
Fossil content
References
- Lares Limestone at Fossilworks.org
- Jorge Vélez Juarbe; Daryl P. Domning (2015). "Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region. XI. Callistosiren boriquensis, gen. et sp. nov". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 35 (1): e885034. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.885034.
Further reading
- W. A. van den Bold. 1965. Middle Tertiary Ostracoda from northwestern Puerto Rico. Micropaleontology 11(4):381-414
- C. J. Maury. 1920. Tertiary Mollusca from Porto Rico. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands 3(1):1-78
- R. D. E. MacPhee and A. R. Wyss. 1990. Oligo-Miocene vertebrates from Puerto Rico, with a catalog of localities. American Museum Novitates 2965:1-45
- J. Vélez Juarbe, T. Martin, R. D. MacPhee and D. Ortega Ariza. 2014. The earliest Caribbean rodents: Oligocene caviomorphs from Puerto Rico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(1):157-163
- J. Vélez Juarbe and D. P. Domning. 2011. A new dugongine (Sirenia; Dugongidae) from the Late Oligocene of Puerto Rico and its position within the Dugonginae. Sixth Triennial Conference on Secondary Adaptation of Tetrapods to Life in Water 77
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