Canon de las Calderas (Pliocene of Venezuela)

Also known as PPP 2567, PPP 2568, PPP 2569, PPP 2571

Where: Venezuela (10.8° N, 64.2° W: paleocoordinates 10.7° N, 63.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Cerro Negro Member (Cubagua Formation), Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandy marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. Schwarzhans and O. Aguilera. 2013. Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America. Paleo Ichthyologica 13:83-150 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 219230: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus depressifrons Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 lanternfish
Diaphus capax Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 lanternfish
Diaphus barrigonensis Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 lanternfish
Diaphus aequalis Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 lanternfish
Hygophus
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