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 / 18.4; -67.0
Approximate paleocoordinates	17.6°N 66.0°W / 17.6; -66.0
Region	Caribbean
Country	Puerto Rico
Type section
Named for	Lares
Lares Limestone (Puerto Rico)

Fossil content

• Callistosiren^[2]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Puerto Rico

References

1. Lares Limestone at Fossilworks.org
2. 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. Bibcode:2015JVPal..35E5034V. 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