Where: Falcon, Venezuela (11.5° N, 69.5° W: paleocoordinates 11.2° N, 68.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: TaraTara Member (Caujarao Formation), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; claystone
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 162677: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 01.10.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray | |
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark | |
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark | |
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark | |
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon |