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This document summarizes a study of foraminifera from the Maastrichtian Colon mudstones of northern South America to determine their biostratigraphy and paleoenvironment. The author identifies three planktonic foraminifera zones - the Globotruncana aegyptiaca, Gansserina gansseri, and Abathomphalus mayaroensis zones, indicating a Maastrichtian age rather than the previously proposed Campanian(?)-Maastrichtian age. Benthic foraminifera data also support a Maastrichtian rather than Santonian-Campanian age. Th

Author

Neyberson Atencio Oñate

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EN