Socorro (Miocene of Venezuela)

Where: Falcon, Venezuela (11.4° N, 69.7° W: paleocoordinates 10.9° N, 67.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Socorro Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• Tropical, sublittoral environment.
• Sandstone, clay stone, fossiliferous marl and limestone in the lower interval, and sandstone, turf and laminate clay stone without calcareous or fossiliferous horizon in the upper ones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Specimens deposited in Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161210: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 02.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Peprilus sp., Rhyzoprionodon sp., Negapriom eurybathrodon, Mylobatis sp.
Actinopteri
 Mugiliformes - Mugilidae
Mugil cephalus
Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758
 Pleuronectiformes - Cynoglossidae
Symphurus sp.
Symphurus sp. flatfish
 Pleuronectiformes - Paralichthyidae
Citharichthys sp.
Citharichthys sp. Bleeker 1862 flatfish
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus arcuatus
Aetobatus arcuatus Agassiz 1843 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Rhinoptera sp.
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp.
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo sp.
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna sp.
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark