Also known as OA-01, OA-02, OA-04, PPP 2539, PPP 2540, PPP 2542, PPP 2543, PPP 2544, PPP 2545, PPP 2546
Where: Venezuela (11.9° N, 70.0° W: paleocoordinates 11.8° N, 69.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: NN 13-15 nannofossil zone, Cerro Negro Member (Cubagua Formation), Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; sandy marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: W. Schwarzhans and O. Aguilera. 2013. Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America. Paleo Ichthyologica 13:83-150 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 219229: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.04.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Actinopteri | |
Ceratoscopelus priscus n. sp., Hygophum pabloensis, Myctophum murbani, Diaphus poignantae, Diaphus hataii, "Diaphus biatlanticus" = Diaphus angulatus, Diaphus haereticus
Ceratoscopelus priscus n. sp. Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 lanternfish
Hygophum pabloensis Weiler 1959 lanternfish
Myctophum murbani Weinfurter 1952 lanternfish
Diaphus poignantae Steurbaut 1979 lanternfish
Diaphus hataii Ohe and Araki 1973 lanternfish
"Diaphus biatlanticus" = Diaphus angulatus Ohe and Araki 1973 lanternfish
Diaphus haereticus Brzobohaty and Schultz 1978 lanternfish | |