List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Venezuela
Appearance
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
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This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Venezuela.
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units
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
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- Cantaure & Paraguaná Formations
- Capadare Formation
- Castillo Formation
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- Chaguaramas Formation
- Mesa Formation
- Parángula Formation
- Río Yuca Formation
- San Gregorio Formation
- Santa Inés Formation
- Urumaco, Socorro & Codore Formations
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