This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Venezuela.
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units
editSee also
edit- Geology of Venezuela
- Gomphothere fossils in Venezuela
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colombia
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Curaçao
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Guyana
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Trinidad and Tobago
- South American land mammal ages
References
edit- ^ Blanquilla Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Abisinia Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Mesa Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Granadino, 2012, p.18
- ^ Cumaná Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ San Gregorio Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Castro et al., 2014, p.5
- ^ Caujarao Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ a b Quijano Ballesteros, 2005, p.19
- ^ Codore Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Guaiguaza Clay at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Playa Grande Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Mare Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Araya Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Cerro Negro Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Punta Gavilán Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ La Vela Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Paraguaná Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Mendi & Rodríguez, 2005, p.19
- ^ Cubagua Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Urumaco Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Linares, 2004, p.16
- ^ La Puerta Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ El Veral Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Buenevara Adentro Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ El Porvenir Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Chiguale Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Capadare Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Penín & Villarroel, 2005, p.138
- ^ Santa Inés Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Simpson, 1947, p.2
- ^ Socorro Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Linares, 2004, p.5
- ^ Parángula Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Paolillo & Linares, 2007, p.2
- ^ Río Yuka (sic) Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Rincón et al., 2016, p.19
- ^ Cantaure Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Mendi & Rodríguez, 2005, p.20
- ^ Horovitz & Sánchez Villagra, 2012, p.145
- ^ Cerro Pelado Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Agua Clara Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ La Rosa Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Querales Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Guamacire Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Pedregoso Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Castillo Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Johnson, 2009, p.60
- ^ San Luis Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Patiecitos Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Areo Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Carapita Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Los Bagres Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Roblecito Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Santa Rita Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Santa Rita Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Paguey Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Mirador Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Misoa Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Guárica Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Guasare Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Navay Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ La Luna Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Cogollo Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Lisure Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ La Puya Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Querecual Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Chimana Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Machiques Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ García Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Valle Grande Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Apón Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Tibú Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Barranquín Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Macoita Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Tinacoa Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ La Quinta Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Palmarito Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Campo Chico Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Caño del Oeste Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Caño Grande Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ El Horno Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Caparo Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Mireles Formation at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
edit- Cantaure & Paraguaná Formations
- Mendi, David; Rodríguez, Eliana (2005), Integración geológica de la Península de Paraguaná, Estado Falcón (MSc. thesis), Universidad Central de Venezuela, pp. 1–184, retrieved 2017-10-26
- Capadare Formation
- Ferreira, Gabriel S.; Rincón, Ascanio D.; Solórzano, Andrés; Langer, Max C. (2015), "The last marine pelomedusoids (Testudines: Pleurodira): a new species of Bairdemys and the paleoecology of Stereogenyina" (PDF), PeerJ, 3: e1063, doi:10.7717/peerj.1063, PMC 4493680, PMID 26157628, retrieved 2019-02-13
- Penín Cendón, José Antonio; Villarroel Estaba, Vanessa Ilia (2005), Integración y actualización geológica del área de Jacura y Capadare, Estado Falcón (PDF), Universidad Central de Venezuela, pp. 1–199, retrieved 2017-08-15
- Castillo Formation
- Johnson, Kenneth G.; Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R.; Aguilera, Orangel A. (2009), "The Oligocene-Miocene transition on coral reefs in the Falcón Basin (NW Venezuela)", PALAIOS, 24: 59–69, Bibcode:2009Palai..24...59J, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.617.9079, doi:10.2110/palo.2008.p08-004r, retrieved 2017-08-15
- Rincón, Ascanio D.; Solórzano, Andrés; McDonald, H. Gregory; Núñez Flores, Mónica (2017), "Baraguatherium takumara, gen. et sp. nov., the earliest mylodontoid sloth (early Miocene) from northern South America", Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 24 (2): 179–191, doi:10.1007/s10914-016-9328-y, retrieved 2019-02-12
- Rincón, Ascanio D.; Solórzano, Andrés; McDonald, H. Gregory; Núñez Flores, Mónica (2017), "Baraguatherium takumara, gen. et sp. nov., the earliest mylodontoid sloth (early Miocene) from northern South America", Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 24 (2): 179–191, doi:10.1007/s10914-016-9328-y, retrieved 2019-02-12
- Rincón, Ascanio D.; Solórzano, Andrés; Benammi, Mouloud; Vignaud, Patrick; McDonald, H. Gregory (2014), "Chronology and geology of an Early Miocene mammalian assemblage in North of South America, from Cerro La Cruz (Castillo Formation), Lara State, Venezuela: implications in the 'changing course of Orinoco River' hypothesis" (PDF), Andean Geology, 41: 507–528, retrieved 2018-09-07
- Solórzano, Andrés; Rincón, Ascanio D.; Cidade, Giovanne M.; Núñez Flores, Mónica; Sánchez, Leonardo (2018), "Lower Miocene alligatoroids (Crocodylia) from the Castillo Formation, northwest of Venezuela" (PDF), Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 99 (2): 1–19, Bibcode:2019PdPe...99..241S, doi:10.1007/s12549-018-0332-5, retrieved 2018-09-07
- Urbani, Franco; Mendi, David (2010), "Notas sobre la discordancia del margen sur de la cuenca Oligo-Miocena de Falcón estados Lara, Falcón y Yaracuy, Venezuela", Boletín de la Academia de Ciencias Físicas, Matemáticas y Naturales, LXX: 9–25, retrieved 2017-08-15
- Chaguaramas Formation
- Horovitz, Inés; Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R. (2012), El Registro Fósil del Cenozoico (PDF), Venezuela Paleontológica: Evolución de la diversidad en el pasado, pp. 133–156, retrieved 2017-10-21
- Mesa Formation
- Granadino A., Maybelle N (2012), Evaluación hidrogeológica-geofísica de las formaciones Mesa y Las Piedras aflorantes en Santa Clara, Estado Anzoátegui (BS thesis) (PDF), Universidad Central de Venezuela, pp. 1–126, retrieved 2019-02-12
- Parángula Formation
- Paolillo, Alfredo; Linares, Omar J. (2007), "Nuevos cocodrilos Sebecosuchia del Cenozoico suramericano (Mesosuchia: Crocodylia)" (PDF), Paleobiología Neotropical, 03: 1–25, retrieved 2017-08-15
- Río Yuca Formation
- Rincón, Ascanio D.; Solórzano, Andrés; Macsotay, Oliver; McDonald, H. Gregory; Nüñez Flores, Mónica (2016), "A new Miocene vertebrate assemblage from the Río Yuca Formation (Venezuela) and the northernmost record of typical Miocene mammals of high latitude (Patagonian) affinities in South America", Geobios, 757 (5): 395, Bibcode:2016Geobi..49..395R, doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2016.06.005, retrieved 2019-02-12
- San Gregorio Formation
- Carlini, Alfredo A.; Brandoni, Diego; Sánchez, Rodolfo; Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R. (2018), "A new Megatheriinae skull (Xenarthra, Tardigrada) from the Pliocene of Northern Venezuela – implications for a giant sloth dispersal to Central and North America", Palaeontologia Electronica, 21 (2): Article number, doi:10.26879/771, hdl:11336/80208, retrieved 2019-02-11
- Castro, Mariela C.; Carlini, Alfredo A.; Sánchez, Rodolfo; Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R. (2014), "A new Dasypodini armadillo (Xenarthra: Cingulata) from San Gregorio Formation, Pliocene of Venezuela: affinities and biogeographic interpretations", Naturwissenschaften, 101 (2): 1–10, Bibcode:2014NW....101...77C, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.721.1471, doi:10.1007/s00114-013-1131-5, retrieved 2017-08-15
- Santa Inés Formation
- Simpson, George Gaylord (1947), "A Miocene glyptodont from Venezuela", American Museum Novitates (1368): 1–10, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.866.6506, retrieved 2018-10-01
- Urumaco, Socorro & Codore Formations
- Carrillo Briceño, Jorge D.; Maxwell, Erin; Aguilera, Órangel A.; Sánchez, Rodolfo; Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R. (2015), "Sawfishes and Other Elasmobranch Assemblages from the Mio-Pliocene of the South Caribbean (Urumaco Sequence, Northwestern Venezuela)", PLoS ONE, 10 (10): e0139230, Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1039230C, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139230, PMC 4619466, PMID 26488163
- Linares, Omar J (2004), "Bioestratigrafía de la fauna de mamíferos de las formaciones Socorro, Urumaco y Codore (Mioceno Medio-Plioceno Temprano) de la región de Urumaco, Falcón, Venezuela" (PDF), Paleobiología Neotropical, 1: 1–26, retrieved 2017-08-15
- Quijano Ballesteros, Jhon Richard (2005), Estudio magnetoestratigráfico en la sección de El Mamón (miembro medio de la Formación Urumaco, Estado Falcón) (MSc. thesis) (PDF), Universidad Simón Bolívar, pp. 1–92, retrieved 2017-10-27
- Rincón, Ascanio D.; Solórzano, Andrés; McDonald, H. Gregory; Montellano Ballesteros, Marisol (2018), "Two new megalonychid sloths (Mammalia: Xenarthra) from the Urumaco Formation (late Miocene), and their phylogenetic affinities", Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 17 (5): 409–421, doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1427639, retrieved 2019-02-11
- Rincón, Ascanio D.; McDonald, H. Gregory; Solórzano, Andrés; Núñez Flores, Mónica; Ruiz Ramoni, Damián (2015), "A new enigmatic Late Miocene mylodontoid sloth from northern South America", Royal Society Open Science, 2 (2): 140256, Bibcode:2015RSOS....240256R, doi:10.1098/rsos.140256, PMC 4448802, PMID 26064594, retrieved 2019-02-13
Further reading
edit- Paleozoic
- C.M. Berry and W.E. Stein. 2000. A New Iridopteridalean from the Devonian of Venezuela. International Journal of Plant Sciences 161:807-827
- C. M. Berry and D. Edwards. 1995. New species of the lycophyte Colpodexylon Banks from the Devonian of Venezuela. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 237:59-74
- C. M. Berry. 1994. First record of the Devonian lycophyte Leclercquia from South America. Geological Magazine 131(2):269-272
- A. J. Boucot, J. L. Benedetto, Y. Grahn, J. H. G. Melo, T. M. Sanchez and B. A. Waisfeld. 1999. South American marine Silurian communities. In A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities—a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 841-848
- E. A. Frederickson. 1958. Lower Tremadocian trilobite from Venezuela. Journal of Paleontology 32(3):541-543
- P.R. Hoover. 1981. Paleontology, Taphonomy, and Paleoecology of the Palmarito Formation (Permian of Venezuela). Bulletins of American Paleontology 80(313):1-138
- O. Odreman-Rivas and R. H. Wagner. 1979. Precisiones sobre algunas floras Carboniferas Permicas de los Andes Venezolanos. Boletin de Geologia 13:77-79
- T. M. Sanchez. 1983. A new Permian ophiuroid, Archaeophiomusium andinum nov sp from western Venezuela. Geobios 16:103-107
- M. L. Thompson and A. K. Miller. 1949. Permian fusulinids and cephalopods from the vicinity of the Maracaibo basin in northern South America. Journal of Paleontology 23:1-32
- Mesozoic
- E. H. Colbert. 1949. A new Cretaceous plesiosaur from Venezuela. American Museum Novitates 1420:1-22
- C. Gonzalez de Juana, J. Iturralde de Arozena, and X.P. Cadillat. 1980. Geologia de Venezuela y de sus cuencas petroliferas. 1:162-166
- E. von der Osten. 1957. A fauna from the lower Cretaceous Barranquin Formation of Venezuela. Journal of Paleontology 31(3):571-590
- O. Renz. 1982. The Cretaceous ammonites of Venezuela 1-132
- J. W. Wells. 1944. Cretaceous, tertiary, and recent corals, a sponge, and an alga from Venezuela. Journal of Paleontology 18(5):429-447
External links
edit- Hackley, Paul C.; Urbani, Franco; Karlsen, Alex W.; Garrity, Christopher P. (2005), Geologic Shaded Relief Map of Venezuela - 1:750,000, USGS, p. 1, retrieved 2019-02-12