Cerro Guariro, Cauderalito (Miocene of Venezuela)

Where: Venezuela (11.0° N, 70.3° W: paleocoordinates 10.1° N, 66.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cauderalito Member (Agua Clara Formation), Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone

• reefal limestones interbedded with shales and fine sandstones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87050: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Madeleine Nimke on 02.03.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora affinis Duncan 1863 stony coral
Pocillopora arnoldi Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stephanocoenia duncani Foster 1987 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites portoricensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites waylandi Foster 1986 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea conferta Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Solenastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Montastrea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral