Caujarao: Late Miocene, Venezuela
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Rhinopteridae
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Rhinoptera sp.
Cuvier 1829
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Sphyrnidae
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Sphyrna sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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unclassified
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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unclassified
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Carcharhinus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Geography
| Country: | Venezuela | State/province: | Falcon |
| Coordinates: | 11.5° North, 69.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.8° North, 66.9° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63 - 5.333 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Lithology description: Microfossiliferous gray/blue clay and claystone | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: The fish associations reflect a 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: | 162677 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | C. Pimiento |
| Modifier: | C. Pimiento | ||
| Created: | 2014-10-01 12:46:50 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-10-01 12:46:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
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] |