El Mene de Acosta (Oligocene of Venezuela)
Where: Falcon, Venezuela (11.0° N, 68.5° W: paleocoordinates 9.7° N, 63.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: El Mene Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: M. Leriche. 1938. Contribution à l'étude des Poissons fossiles des pays riverains de la Méditerranée américaine (Venezuela, Trinité, Antilles, Mexique). Mémoires de la Société Paléontologique Suisse 51:1-42 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 221443: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.08.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Chondrichthyes | |
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Oxyrhina sp. Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark | |
Notidanus tenuidens n. sp.
Notidanus tenuidens n. sp. Leriche 1938 cow shark | |
Prionodon vonderschmitti n. sp.
Prionodon vonderschmitti n. sp. Leriche 1938 blue shark | |
"Oxyrhina cf. desori" = Isurus oxyrinchus, ? Lamna sp.
"Oxyrhina cf. desori" = Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
? Lamna sp. Cuvier 1816 mackerel shark | |
"Acanthias stehlini n. sp." = Squalus stehlini
"Acanthias stehlini n. sp." = Squalus stehlini Leriche 1938 dogfish shark | |
| Actinopteri | |
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Lepidopus sp. Gouan 1770 | |
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Cybium sp. Cuvier 1829 | |
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? Clupea sp. Linnaeus 1758 herring | |