Las Cinco Ceibas (Cretaceous to of Venezuela)

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

• The corals are wholly hermatypic or reef-building types. They represent an assemblage indicative of quiet waters- shallow lagoons behind reefs.

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
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Endostomatidae
Corynella aguilerae n. sp. Wells 1944 calcareous sponge
unsettled generic position, Holotype
Demospongiae
  -
"Stromatopora venezuelensis n. sp." = Blastochaetetes venezuelensis
"Stromatopora venezuelensis n. sp." = Blastochaetetes venezuelensis Wells 1944 demosponge
Holotype-U.S.N.M. no. 547382
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia barranquinensis n. sp. Wells 1944 stony coral
Holotype
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis sandbergeri2 Felix 1891 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
"Periseris irregularis" = Siderofungia irregularis
"Periseris irregularis" = Siderofungia irregularis Felix 1891 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Actinaraea michoacanensis1 Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor 2009 stony coral
Meandrophyllia plummeri Wells 1932 stony coral
Meandrophyllia cariacoensis n. sp. Wells 1944 stony coral
Holotype-U.S.N.M. no. 547393
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
"Myriophyllia borrachensis n. sp." = Eugyra borrachensis
"Myriophyllia borrachensis n. sp." = Eugyra borrachensis Wells 1944 stony coral
Holotype
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Elasmophyllia tolmachoffana" = Phacellocoenia tolmachoffana
"Elasmophyllia tolmachoffana" = Phacellocoenia tolmachoffana Wells 1932 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Thecosmilia cumanensis n. sp. Wells 1944 stony coral
Holotype-U.S.N.M. no. 547398
 Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Cladophyllia stewartae n. sp. Wells 1944 stony coral
Holotype
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
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
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina sucrensis n. sp. Wells 1944 stony coral
Holotype
Stylosmilia gregorii n. sp. Wells 1944 stony coral
Holotype-U.S.N.M. no. 547384
Stylangia laddi n. sp. Wells 1944 stony coral
Holotype-U.S.N.M. no. 547388
Enallhelia occidentalis n. sp. Wells 1944 stony coral
Holotype
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Budaia felixi n. sp. Wells 1944 stony coral
Holotype-U.S.N.M. no. 547390