Where: Falcon, Venezuela (11.4° N, 69.7° W: paleocoordinates 10.9° N, 67.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Socorro Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Specimens deposited in Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda
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: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 161210: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 02.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Aetobatus arcuatus Agassiz 1843 stingray | |
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray | |
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark | |
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark | |
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark | |
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon | |
Actinopteri | |
Citharichthys sp. Bleeker 1862 flatfish | |
Symphurus sp. flatfish | |
Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758 |