Where: Paraguana, Venezuela (12.0° N, 70.0° W: paleocoordinates 11.1° N, 66.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Cantaure Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; gypsiferous, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: O. Aguilera and D. R. de Aguilera. 2004. Giant-toothed White Sharks and Wide-toothed Mako (Lamnidae) from the Venezuela Neogene: Their Role in the Caribbean, Shallow-water Fish Assemblage. Caribbean Journal of Science 40(3):368-382 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/C. Pimiento]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 118106: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.10.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray | |
Mobula sp. Rafinesque 1810 devil ray
Plinthicus stenodon Cope 1869 eagle ray | |
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish | |
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837 wedgefish | |
Paragaleus sp. Budker 1935 ground shark
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark | |
Carcharhinus ackermani Santos and Travasos 1960 requiem shark
Negaprion eurybathrodon Blake 1862 lemon shark | |
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark | |
Ginglymostoma delfortriei Daimeries 1889 nurse shark | |
Carcharodon subauriculatus Agassiz 1839 white shark | |
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon Most likely it is C. subauriculatus
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Actinopteri | |
Bregmaceros sp. Thompson 1840 | |
Ctenosciaena aff. gracilicirrhus Metzelaar 1919 perch-like fish | |
Lactarius aff. atlanticus Steubaut and Jonet 1982 perch-like fish | |
Orthopristis sp. Girard 1858
Orthopristis aff. ruber Cuvier 1830 corocoro grunt
Pomadasys sp. Lacépède 1802
Haemulon sp. Cuvier 1829 | |
Equetus aff. punctatus, Equetus davidandrewi, Protosciaena neritica, Aplodinotus hoffmani, Aplodinotus longecaudatus, Larimus steubauti, Larimus henrii
Equetus aff. punctatus Bloch and Schneider 1801
Equetus davidandrewi Nolf and Aguilera 1998
Aplodinotus hoffmani Nolf and Aguilera 1998
Aplodinotus longecaudatus Nolf and Aguilera 1998
Larimus henrii Nolf and Aguilera 1998 | |
Pristipomoides sp. Bleeker 1852
Ocyurus sp. Gill 1862 | |
Sciaena sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Apogon sp. Lacépède 1802 Cardinalfish | |
Trachurus sp. Lacépède 1802 | |
Mene sp. Lacépède 1803 moonfish | |
Centropomus aff. undecimalis Bloch 1792 | |
Citharichthys sp. Bleeker 1862 flatfish | |
Symphurus sp. flatfish | |
Mugil aff. cephalus Linnaeus 1758 | |
Myripristis sp. Cuvier 1827 | |
Myctophum aff. punctatus, Diaphus sp., Diaphus aff. regani, Diaphus aff. problematicus, Hygophum hygomi
Myctophum aff. punctatus lanternfish
Diaphus sp. Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 lanternfish
Diaphus aff. regani Taning 1932 lanternfish
Diaphus aff. problematicus Parr 1928 lanternfish
Hygophum hygomi Lütken 1892 Bermuda lantern fish | |
Plotosus sp. Bloch 1794 Ariid catfish
Arius aff. keesleri Ariid catfish
Cathorops sp. Jordan and Gilbert 1883 Ariid catfish | |
Harengula aff. clupeola Cuvier 1829 herring | |
Pythonichthys sp. Poey 1868 eel | |
Conger sp., Paraconger guianensis, Rhynchoconger aff. flavus, "Ariosoma balearicum" = Ariosoma balearica
Conger sp. Schaeffer 1760 conger eel
Paraconger guianensis Kanazawa 1961 conger eel
Rhynchoconger aff. flavus Goode and Bean 1896 conger eel
"Ariosoma balearicum" = Ariosoma balearica Delaroche 1809 conger eel | |
Mammalia | |
Sirenia indet. sirenian | |
Cetacea indet. whale |