Rosarito Quarry (Cretaceous of Venezuela)

Where: Villa De Rosario, Venezuela (10.3° N, 72.3° W: paleocoordinates 7.8° N, 41.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Deshayesites ammonoid zone, Machiques Member (Apon Formation), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, replaced with silica

Collected by J. Moody

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Repository: University of Zulia, Paleontology Section Collection, Maracaibo, Venezuela (MBLUZ)

Primary reference: J. G. Maisey and J. M. Moody. 2001. A Review of the Problematic Extinct Teleost Fish Araripichthys, with a Description of a New Species from the Lower Cretaceous of Venezuela. American Museum Novitates (3324)1-27 [S. Peters/S. McMullen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 136757: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Sharon McMullen on 04.12.2012

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Araripchthyiformes - Araripichthyidae
Araripichthys axelrodi n. sp. Maisey and Moody 2001