Punta Gavilan (Pliocene of Venezuela)
Where: Falcon, Venezuela (11.5° N, 68.9° W: paleocoordinates 11.3° N, 68.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Punta Gavilan Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• lower Pliocene
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; marl and shale
• marly calcareous intercalations with gray calcareous shale and thin sandstone layers
Primary reference: M. A. Cozzuol and O. A. Aguilera. 2008. Cetacean remains from the Neogene of northwestern Venezuela. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 82(2):196-203 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 85460: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.12.2008
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Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
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Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale | |
| Chondrichthyes | |
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Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |