Socorro: Middle Miocene, Venezuela
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Peprilus sp.
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Rhyzoprionodon sp.
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Negapriom eurybathrodon
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Mylobatis sp.
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Actinopteri
- Mugiliformes
- Mugilidae
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Mugil cephalus
Linnaeus 1758
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Actinopteri
- Pleuronectiformes
- Paralichthyidae
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Citharichthys sp.
Bleeker 1862
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Actinopteri
- Pleuronectiformes
- Cynoglossidae
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Symphurus sp.
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Aetobatidae
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Aetobatus arcuatus
(Agassiz 1843)
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Rhinoptera sp.
Cuvier 1829
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Sphyrnidae
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Sphyrna sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Carcharhinus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis serra
Agassiz 1835
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharodon megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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| recombined as Otodus megalodon | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Venezuela | State/province: | Falcon |
| Coordinates: | 11.4° North, 69.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.9° North, 67.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Socorro |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: 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 | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: Tropical, sublittoral environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Specimens deposited in Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 161210 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | C. Pimiento |
| Created: | 2014-09-02 20:18:24 | Last modified: | 2014-09-02 20:18:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-09-02 20:18:24 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38039. | 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] |