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In 1928 Liddle (31, pp. 1-552) made a few references to certain 

 larger foraminifera occurring in Venezuela, namely Amphistegina sp. 

 (p. 295) in the Damsite formation, middle Miocene; Lepidocyclina 

 sp. associated with Orthaulax (p. 265) in the Agua Clara shale, 

 upper Oligocene ; " . . . . bluish gray limestone, which contains 

 two predominant species of Lepidocyclina, one a large species which 

 is common in the San Luis formation elsewhere." It is possible that 

 the large species referred to by Liddle is Lepidocyclina undosa Cush- 

 man, which is abundant in parts of the San Luis formation. 



Liddle also reports (p. 258) the occurrence of Lepidocyclina dupli- 

 cata Cushman, L. cf. panamensis Cushman, L. cf. antillea Cushman, 

 and specimens called Orthophragmina hayesi (Cushman). The latter 

 form is not a Discocyclina (Orthophragmina) , but a Lepidocyclina. 

 On the basis of the above reported fauna Liddle erroneously called 

 the material Oligocene, although he stated that it suggested upper 

 Eocene. If the foraminifera were correctly identified, the formation 

 is upper Eocene rather than Oligocene. 



In 1927 Woodring (71, pp. 992-996) described an Eocene fauna 

 from material collected by Dr. N. H. Darton from the Eastern slope 

 of the Venezuelan Andes. " The material was collected half a mile 

 southeast of the village of Masparito, or about 12 miles east of Cal- 

 deras, in the State of Zamora (U.S. Geol. Survey locality 1/1189)." 

 The fauna contains a " Numrnnlites" , a stellate {"Orthophrag- 

 mina"), and a Lepidocyclina. "The megalospheric form of the 

 Lepidocyclina belongs to the subgenus Pliolepidina and represents 

 L. panamensis Cushman or a very similar species." Woodring (71, 

 pp. 995-996) considers this fauna to be upper Eocene in age. 



The most recent publication on the larger foraminifera of Venezuela 

 is by Gorter and Van der Vlerk (25, pp. 94-122). They report the 

 occurrence of the following species in Central Falcon, Venezuela : 



L. {Lepidocyclina) r. doiwillei Lisson 



falconensis Gorter and Van der ^"lerk 



kuglcri Gorter and Van der Vlerk 



pustulosa Gorter and Van der Vlerk 



trinitatis H. Douville 



sp. indet. 

 L. (Polylepidina) adkinsi Vaughan 

 L. (Nephrolepidina) marginata Michelotti 

 L. (Etdepidina) senni Gorter and Van der Vlerk 



undosa Cushman 

 L. (Helicolepidina) spiralis Tobler 



D. (Discocyclina) blnmenthali Gorter and Van der Vlerk 

 flintcnsis Cushman 



