PBDB Collection

Cerro Guariro, Cauderalito: Early Miocene, Venezuela

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae

	Stephanocoenia duncani Foster 1987	3 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

	Acropora saludensin	9 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

	Pocillopora arnoldi Vaughan 1919	4 specimens

	Stylophora affinis Duncan 1863	4 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

	Montastrea imperatoris (Vaughan 1919)	2 specimens

	Montastrea canalis (Vaughan 1919)	4 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

	Montastrea limbata (Duncan 1863)	3 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

	Solenastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848	2 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae

	Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919	10 specimens

	Porites waylandi Foster 1986	2 specimens

	Porites portoricensis (Vaughan 1919)	1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

	Siderastrea conferta (Duncan 1863)	13 specimens
see common names

Geography

Country:	Venezuela
Coordinates:	11.0° North, 70.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	11.6° North, 64.1° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:	stated in text
Geographic resolution:	outcrop

Time

Period:	Neogene	Epoch:	Miocene
10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:	Early Miocene
Age range of interval:	23.04 - 15.98 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Agua Clara	Member:	Cauderalito
Stratigraphic resolution:	group of beds

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	"limestone"
Lithology description: reefal limestones interbedded with shales and fine sandstones
Environment:	perireef or subreef

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:	good

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	bulk,peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:	paleoecologic analysis

Metadata

Database number:	87050
Authorizer:	W. Kiessling	Enterer:	M. Nimke
Research group:	marine invertebrate
Created:	2009-03-02 07:15:53	Last modified:	2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:	authorizer only	Released:	2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:	CC0

Reference information

Primary reference:

29291.

K. G. Johnson, M. R. Sanchez-Villagra, and O. A. Aguilera. 2009. The Oligocene-Miocene Transition on Coral Reefs in the Falcon Basin (NM Venezuela). Palaios 24:59-69 [W. Kiessling/M. Nimke]