List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Venezuela

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Major fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Venezuela
Mesa Formation
Urumaco, San Gregorio & Codore Formations
Capadare Formation
Santa Inés Formation
Socorro Formation
Parángula Formation
Río Yuca Formation
Cantaure Formation
Castillo Formation
La Luna Formation
Apón Formation
La Quinta Formation
Río Cachirí Group
Caparo Formation

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Venezuela .

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Blanquilla Formation	Late Pleistocene	[1]
	Abisinia Formation	Early Pleistocene	[2]
	Mesa Formation	Ensenadan	[3] [4]
	Cumaná Formation	Early-Late Pleistocene	[5]
	San Gregorio Formation	Chapadmalalan-Uquian	[6] [7]
	Caujarao Formation	Chasicoan-Late Pleistocene	[8] [9]
	Codore Formation	Montehermosan-Early Pleistocene	[10] [9]
Cabo Blanco	Guaiguaza Clay	Late Pliocene	[11]
	Playa Grande Formation	Early Pliocene	[12]
	Mare Formation	Early Pliocene	[13]
Cubagua	Araya Formation	Late Pliocene	[14]
	Cerro Negro Formation	Early Pliocene	[15]
	Punta Gavilán Formation	Zanclean	[16]
	La Vela Formation	Pliocene	[17]
	Paraguaná Formation	Early Pliocene	[18] [19]
	Cubagua Formation	Late Miocene-Early Pliocene	[20]
	Urumaco Formation	Laventan-Huayquerian	[21] [22]
	La Puerta Formation	Late Miocene	[23]
	El Veral Formation	Late Miocene	[24]
	Buenevara Adentro Formation	Langhian	[25]
	El Porvenir Formation	Langhian	[26]
	Chiguale Formation	Middle Miocene	[27]
	Capadare Formation	Laventan	[28] [29]
	Santa Inés Formation	Laventan	[30] [31]
	Socorro Formation	Laventan	[32] [33]
	Parángula Formation	Friasian	[34] [35]
	Río Yuca Formation	Santacrucian-Friasian	[36] [37]
	Cantaure Formation	Santacrucian	[38] [39]
	Chaguaramas Formation	Santacrucian	[40]
	Cerro Pelado Formation	Early-Mid Miocene	[41]
	Agua Clara Formation	Burdigalian	[42]
	La Rosa Formation	Early-Mid Miocene	[43]
	Querales Formation	Burdigalian	[44]
	Guamacire Formation	Early Miocene	[45]
	Pedregoso Formation	Early Miocene	[46]
	Brasso Clay	Neogene	[47]
	Castillo Formation	Deseadan	[48] [49]
	San Luis Formation	Chattian	[50]
	Patiecitos Formation	Chattian	[51]
	Areo Formation	Oligocene	[52]
	Carapita Formation	Oligocene	[53]
	Los Bagres Formation	Oligocene	[54]
	Roblecito Formation	Oligocene	[55]
	Santa Rita Formation	Priabonian	[56]
	Santa Anita Formation	Late Eocene	[57]
	Paguey Formation	Middle Eocene	[58]
	Mirador Formation	Late Paleocene-Mid Eocene	[59]
	Misoa Formation	Early Eocene	[60]
	Guárica Formation	Paleocene	[61]
	Guasare Formation	Paleocene	[62]
	Navay Formation	Late Cretaceous	[63]
	La Luna Formation	Early Cenomanian-Coniacian	[64]
Cogollo	Cogollo Formation	Late Aptian-Early Cenomanian	[65]
	Lisure Formation	Albian	[66]
	La Puya Formation	Albian	[67]
	Querecual Formation	Albian	[68]
	Chimana Formation	Late Aptian-Early Albian	[69]
	Machiques Formation	Aptian-Early Albian	[70]
	García Formation	Late Aptian	[71]
	Valle Grande Formation	Late Aptian	[72]
	Apón Formation	Aptian	[73]
	Tibú Formation	Late Aptian	[74]
	Barranquín Formation	Barremian-Early Albian	[75]
	Macoita Formation	Callovian	[76]
	Tinacoa Formation	Early-Middle Jurassic	[77]
	La Quinta Formation	Hettangian	[78]
	Palmarito Formation	Asselian-Kungurian	[79]
	Campo Chico Formation	Eifelian-Early Frasnian	[80]
Río Cachirí	Caño del Oeste Formation	Eifelian-Givetian	[81]
	Caño Grande Formation	Pragian-Eifelian	[82]
	El Horno Formation	Llandovery-Ludlow	[83]
	Caparo Formation	Costonian-Longvillian	[84]
	Mireles Formation	Tremadocian	[85]

See also

• 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

1. Blanquilla Formation at Fossilworks.org
2. Abisinia Formation at Fossilworks.org
3. Mesa Formation at Fossilworks.org
4. Granadino, 2012, p.18
5. Cumaná Formation at Fossilworks.org
6. San Gregorio Formation at Fossilworks.org
7. Castro et al., 2014, p.5
8. Caujarao Formation at Fossilworks.org
9. Quijano Ballesteros, 2005, p.19
10. Codore Formation at Fossilworks.org
11. Guaiguaza Clay at Fossilworks.org
12. Playa Grande Formation at Fossilworks.org
13. Mare Formation at Fossilworks.org
14. Araya Formation at Fossilworks.org
15. Cerro Negro Formation at Fossilworks.org
16. Punta Gavilán Formation at Fossilworks.org
17. La Vela Formation at Fossilworks.org
18. Paraguaná Formation at Fossilworks.org
19. Mendi & Rodríguez, 2005, p.19
20. Cubagua Formation at Fossilworks.org
21. Urumaco Formation at Fossilworks.org
22. Linares, 2004, p.16
23. La Puerta Formation at Fossilworks.org
24. El Veral Formation at Fossilworks.org
25. Buenevara Adentro Formation at Fossilworks.org
26. El Porvenir Formation at Fossilworks.org
27. Chiguale Formation at Fossilworks.org
28. Capadare Formation at Fossilworks.org
29. Penín & Villarroel, 2005, p.138
30. Santa Inés Formation at Fossilworks.org
31. Simpson, 1947, p.2
32. Socorro Formation at Fossilworks.org
33. Linares, 2004, p.5
34. Parángula Formation at Fossilworks.org
35. Paolillo & Linares, 2007, p.2
36. Río Yuka (sic) Formation at Fossilworks.org
37. Rincón et al., 2016, p.19
38. Cantaure Formation at Fossilworks.org
39. Mendi & Rodríguez, 2005, p.20
40. Horovitz & Sánchez Villagra, 2012, p.145
41. Cerro Pelado Formation at Fossilworks.org
42. Agua Clara Formation at Fossilworks.org
43. La Rosa Formation at Fossilworks.org
44. Querales Formation at Fossilworks.org
45. Guamacire Formation at Fossilworks.org
46. Pedregoso Formation at Fossilworks.org
47. Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database" . Retrieved 17 December 2021.
48. Castillo Formation at Fossilworks.org
49. Johnson, 2009, p.60
50. San Luis Formation at Fossilworks.org
51. Patiecitos Formation at Fossilworks.org
52. Areo Formation at Fossilworks.org
53. Carapita Formation at Fossilworks.org
54. Los Bagres Formation at Fossilworks.org
55. Roblecito Formation at Fossilworks.org
56. Santa Rita Formation at Fossilworks.org
57. Santa Rita Formation at Fossilworks.org
58. Paguey Formation at Fossilworks.org
59. Mirador Formation at Fossilworks.org
60. Misoa Formation at Fossilworks.org
61. Guárica Formation at Fossilworks.org
62. Guasare Formation at Fossilworks.org
63. Navay Formation at Fossilworks.org
64. La Luna Formation at Fossilworks.org
65. Cogollo Formation at Fossilworks.org
66. Lisure Formation at Fossilworks.org
67. La Puya Formation at Fossilworks.org
68. Querecual Formation at Fossilworks.org
69. Chimana Formation at Fossilworks.org
70. Machiques Formation at Fossilworks.org
71. García Formation at Fossilworks.org
72. Valle Grande Formation at Fossilworks.org
73. Apón Formation at Fossilworks.org
74. Tibú Formation at Fossilworks.org
75. Barranquín Formation at Fossilworks.org
76. Macoita Formation at Fossilworks.org
77. Tinacoa Formation at Fossilworks.org
78. La Quinta Formation at Fossilworks.org
79. Palmarito Formation at Fossilworks.org
80. Campo Chico Formation at Fossilworks.org
81. Caño del Oeste Formation at Fossilworks.org
82. Caño Grande Formation at Fossilworks.org
83. El Horno Formation at Fossilworks.org
84. Caparo Formation at Fossilworks.org
85. Mireles Formation at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography

Cantaure & Paraguaná Formations

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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
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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
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• 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
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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

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

• 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