Cantaure Formation (Miocene of Venezuela)

Where: Paraguana, Venezuela (12.0° N, 70.0° W: paleocoordinates 11.1° N, 66.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Cantaure Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; gypsiferous, sandy claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 118106: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.10.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Plinthicus stenodon Cope 1869 eagle ray
Mobula sp. Rafinesque 1810 devil ray
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish
 Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837 wedgefish
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Negaprion eurybathrodon Blake 1862 lemon shark
Carcharhinus ackermani Santos and Travasos 1960 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
Paragaleus sp. Budker 1935 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Ginglymostoma delfortriei Daimeries 1889 nurse shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon subauriculatus Agassiz 1839 white shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
Most likely it is C. subauriculatus
Mammalia
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 Sirenia -
Actinopteri
 Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae
Bregmaceros sp. Thompson 1840
 Holocentriformes - Holocentridae
Myripristis sp. Cuvier 1827
 Kurtiformes - Apogonidae
Apogon sp. Lacépède 1802 Cardinalfish
 Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
 Acanthomorphata - Haemulidae
Haemulon sp. Cuvier 1829
Pomadasys sp. Lacépède 1802
Orthopristis sp. Girard 1858
Orthopristis aff. ruber Cuvier 1830 corocoro grunt
 Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
Equetus aff. punctatus Bloch and Schneider 1801
Equetus davidandrewi Nolf and Aguilera 1998
Larimus henrii Nolf and Aguilera 1998
Aplodinotus hoffmani Nolf and Aguilera 1998
Aplodinotus longecaudatus Nolf and Aguilera 1998
 Acanthomorphata - Lutjanidae
Ocyurus sp. Gill 1862
Pristipomoides sp. Bleeker 1852
 Perciformes - Lactariidae
Lactarius aff. atlanticus Steubaut and Jonet 1982 perch-like fish
 Perciformes -
Ctenosciaena aff. gracilicirrhus Metzelaar 1919 perch-like fish
 Mugiliformes - Mugilidae
Mugil aff. cephalus Linnaeus 1758
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
 Carangiformes - Carangidae
Trachurus sp. Lacépède 1802
 Pleuronectiformes - Cynoglossidae
Symphurus sp. flatfish
 Pleuronectiformes - Paralichthyidae
Citharichthys sp. Bleeker 1862 flatfish
 Acanthomorphata - Menidae
Mene sp. Lacépède 1803 moonfish
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus sp. Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 lanternfish
Diaphus aff. problematicus Parr 1928 lanternfish
Diaphus aff. regani Taning 1932 lanternfish
Hygophum hygomi Lütken 1892 Bermuda lantern fish
 Siluriformes - Ariidae
Arius aff. keesleri Ariid catfish
Cathorops sp. Jordan and Gilbert 1883 Ariid catfish
Plotosus sp. Bloch 1794 Ariid catfish
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Harengula aff. clupeola Cuvier 1829 herring
 Anguilliformes - Heterenchelyidae
Pythonichthys sp. Poey 1868 eel
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Rhynchoconger aff. flavus Goode and Bean 1896 conger eel
"Ariosoma balearicum" = Ariosoma balearica Delaroche 1809 conger eel
Paraconger guianensis Kanazawa 1961 conger eel
Conger sp. Schaeffer 1760 conger eel