Where: Paraguana, Venezuela (12.0° N, 70.0° W: paleocoordinates 11.1° N, 66.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Cantaure Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; gypsiferous, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
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: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 118106: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.10.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Cetacea indet. whale | |
Sirenia indet. sirenian | |
Actinopteri | |
Haemulon sp. Cuvier 1829
Orthopristis sp. Girard 1858
Orthopristis aff. ruber Cuvier 1830 corocoro grunt
Pomadasys sp. Lacépède 1802 | |
Ctenosciaena aff. gracilicirrhus Metzelaar 1919 perch-like fish | |
Lactarius aff. atlanticus Steubaut and Jonet 1982 perch-like fish | |
Ocyurus sp. Gill 1862
Pristipomoides sp. Bleeker 1852 | |
Larimus steubauti, Larimus henrii, Protosciaena neritica, Equetus aff. punctatus, Equetus davidandrewi, Aplodinotus longecaudatus, Aplodinotus hoffmani
Larimus henrii Nolf and Aguilera 1998
Equetus aff. punctatus Bloch and Schneider 1801
Equetus davidandrewi Nolf and Aguilera 1998
Aplodinotus longecaudatus Nolf and Aguilera 1998
Aplodinotus hoffmani Nolf and Aguilera 1998 | |
Sciaena sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Mugil aff. cephalus Linnaeus 1758 | |
Mene sp. Lacépède 1803 moonfish | |
Centropomus aff. undecimalis Bloch 1792 | |
Citharichthys sp. Bleeker 1862 flatfish | |
Symphurus sp. flatfish | |
Trachurus sp. Lacépède 1802 | |
Apogon sp. Lacépède 1802 Cardinalfish | |
Myripristis sp. Cuvier 1827 | |
Bregmaceros sp. Thompson 1840 | |
Myctophum aff. punctatus, Diaphus sp., Diaphus aff. problematicus, Diaphus aff. regani, Hygophum hygomi
Myctophum aff. punctatus lanternfish
Diaphus sp. Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 lanternfish
Diaphus aff. problematicus Parr 1928 lanternfish
Diaphus aff. regani Taning 1932 lanternfish
Hygophum hygomi Lütken 1892 Bermuda lantern fish | |
Harengula aff. clupeola Cuvier 1829 herring | |
Cathorops sp. Jordan and Gilbert 1883 Ariid catfish
Arius aff. keesleri Ariid catfish
Plotosus sp. Bloch 1794 Ariid catfish | |
Pythonichthys sp. Poey 1868 eel | |
Rhynchoconger aff. flavus, Paraconger guianensis, Conger sp., "Ariosoma balearicum" = Ariosoma balearica
Rhynchoconger aff. flavus Goode and Bean 1896 conger eel
Paraconger guianensis Kanazawa 1961 conger eel
Conger sp. Schaeffer 1760 conger eel
"Ariosoma balearicum" = Ariosoma balearica Delaroche 1809 conger eel | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish | |
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837 wedgefish | |
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark | |
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark | |
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
Paragaleus sp. Budker 1935 ground shark | |
Carcharhinus ackermani Santos and Travasos 1960 requiem shark
Negaprion eurybathrodon Blake 1862 lemon shark | |
Ginglymostoma delfortriei Daimeries 1889 nurse shark | |
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon Most likely it is C. subauriculatus
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Carcharodon subauriculatus Agassiz 1839 white shark | |
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray | |
Mobula sp. Rafinesque 1810 devil ray
Plinthicus stenodon Cope 1869 eagle ray |