El Mene de Acosta, Miocene (Miocene of Venezuela)
Where: Falcon, Venezuela (11.0° N, 68.5° W: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 64.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Agua Salda Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 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 221446: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.08.2021
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Taxonomic list
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| Actinopteri | |
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Scopelus cf. pulcher Procharzky 1893 lanternfish | |
| Chondrichthyes | |
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Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
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? Aprionodon sp. Gill 1861 requiem shark | |