Where: State of Sucre, Venezuela (10.4° N, 63.5° W: paleocoordinates 8.0° N, 32.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: upper Member (Barranquin Formation), Late/Upper Aptian to Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 109.0 Ma)
• upper Barranquin formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Dr.Hollis Hedberg; reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: J. W. Wells. 1944. Cretaceous, tertiary, and recent corals, a sponge, and an alga from Venezuela. Journal of Paleontology 18(5):429-447 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 78595: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 11.02.2008, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling and Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ulvophyceae | |
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812 | |
Demospongiae | |
"Stromatopora venezuelensis n. sp." = Blastochaetetes venezuelensis
"Stromatopora venezuelensis n. sp." = Blastochaetetes venezuelensis Wells 1944 demosponge Holotype-U.S.N.M. no. 547382
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Calcarea | |
Corynella aguilerae n. sp.
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Anthozoa | |
Stylosmilia gregorii n. sp., Enallhelia occidentalis n. sp., Stylangia laddi n. sp., Stylina sucrensis n. sp.
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Cyathophora haysensis, "Cyathophora hedbergi n. sp." = Cryptocoenia biedai
Cyathophora haysensis Wells 1932 stony coral
"Cyathophora hedbergi n. sp." = Cryptocoenia biedai Morycowa 1964 stony coral Holotype,-U.S.N.M. no. 547383
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Cladophyllia stewartae n. sp.
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"Myriophyllia borrachensis n. sp." = Eugyra borrachensis
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Thecosmilia cumanensis n. sp.
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"Elasmophyllia tolmachoffana" = Phacellocoenia tolmachoffana
"Elasmophyllia tolmachoffana" = Phacellocoenia tolmachoffana Wells 1932 stony coral | |
Meandrophyllia plummeri Wells 1932 stony coral | |
"Periseris irregularis" = Siderofungia irregularis
"Periseris irregularis" = Siderofungia irregularis Felix 1891 stony coral | |
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Astrocoenia barranquinensis n. sp.
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Budaia felixi n. sp.
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