List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Venezuela

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Venezuela.

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

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units
GroupFormationPeriodNotes
Blanquilla FormationLate Pleistocene[1]
Abisinia FormationEarly Pleistocene[2]
Mesa FormationEnsenadan[3][4]
Cumaná FormationEarly-Late Pleistocene[5]
San Gregorio FormationChapadmalalan-Uquian[6][7]
Caujarao FormationChasicoan-Late Pleistocene[8][9]
Codore FormationMontehermosan-Early Pleistocene[10][9]
Cabo Blanco GroupGuaiguaza ClayLate Pliocene[11]
Playa Grande FormationEarly Pliocene[12]
Mare FormationEarly Pliocene[13]
Cubagua GroupAraya FormationLate Pliocene[14]
Cerro Negro FormationEarly Pliocene[15]
Punta Gavilán FormationZanclean[16]
La Vela FormationPliocene[17]
Paraguaná FormationEarly Pliocene[18][19]
Cubagua FormationLate Miocene-Early Pliocene[20]
Urumaco FormationLaventan-Huayquerian[21][22]
La Puerta FormationLate Miocene[23]
El Veral FormationLate Miocene[24]
Buenevara Adentro FormationLanghian[25]
El Porvenir FormationLanghian[26]
Chiguale FormationMiddle Miocene[27]
Capadare FormationLaventan[28][29]
Santa Inés FormationLaventan[30][31]
Socorro FormationLaventan[32][33]
Parángula FormationFriasian[34][35]
Río Yuca FormationSantacrucian-Friasian[36][37]
Cantaure FormationSantacrucian[38][39]
Chaguaramas FormationSantacrucian[40]
Cerro Pelado FormationEarly-Mid Miocene[41]
Agua Clara FormationBurdigalian[42]
La Rosa FormationEarly-Mid Miocene[43]
Querales FormationBurdigalian[44]
Guamacire FormationEarly Miocene[45]
Pedregoso FormationEarly Miocene[46]
Castillo FormationDeseadan[47][48]
San Luis FormationChattian[49]
Patiecitos FormationChattian[50]
Areo FormationOligocene[51]
Carapita FormationOligocene[52]
Los Bagres FormationOligocene[53]
Roblecito FormationOligocene[54]
Santa Rita FormationPriabonian[55]
Santa Anita FormationLate Eocene[56]
Paguey FormationMiddle Eocene[57]
Mirador FormationLate Paleocene-Mid Eocene[58]
Misoa FormationEarly Eocene[59]
Guárica FormationPaleocene[60]
Guasare FormationPaleocene[61]
Navay FormationLate Cretaceous[62]
La Luna FormationEarly Cenomanian-Coniacian[63]
Cogollo GroupCogollo FormationLate Aptian-Early Cenomanian[64]
Lisure FormationAlbian[65]
La Puya FormationAlbian[66]
Querecual FormationAlbian[67]
Chimana FormationLate Aptian-Early Albian[68]
Machiques FormationAptian-Early Albian[69]
García FormationLate Aptian[70]
Valle Grande FormationLate Aptian[71]
Apón FormationAptian[72]
Tibú FormationLate Aptian[73]
Barranquín FormationBarremian-Early Albian[74]
Macoita FormationCallovian[75]
Tinacoa FormationEarly-Middle Jurassic[76]
La Quinta FormationHettangian[77]
Palmarito FormationAsselian-Kungurian[78]
Campo Chico FormationEifelian-Early Frasnian[79]
Río Cachirí GroupCaño del Oeste FormationEifelian-Givetian[80]
Caño Grande FormationPragian-Eifelian[81]
El Horno FormationLlandovery-Ludlow[82]
Caparo FormationCostonian-Longvillian[83]
Mireles FormationTremadocian[84]

See also

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. Castillo Formation at Fossilworks.org
  48. Johnson, 2009, p.60
  49. San Luis Formation at Fossilworks.org
  50. Patiecitos Formation at Fossilworks.org
  51. Areo Formation at Fossilworks.org
  52. Carapita Formation at Fossilworks.org
  53. Los Bagres Formation at Fossilworks.org
  54. Roblecito Formation at Fossilworks.org
  55. Santa Rita Formation at Fossilworks.org
  56. Santa Rita Formation at Fossilworks.org
  57. Paguey Formation at Fossilworks.org
  58. Mirador Formation at Fossilworks.org
  59. Misoa Formation at Fossilworks.org
  60. Guárica Formation at Fossilworks.org
  61. Guasare Formation at Fossilworks.org
  62. Navay Formation at Fossilworks.org
  63. La Luna Formation at Fossilworks.org
  64. Cogollo Formation at Fossilworks.org
  65. Lisure Formation at Fossilworks.org
  66. La Puya Formation at Fossilworks.org
  67. Querecual Formation at Fossilworks.org
  68. Chimana Formation at Fossilworks.org
  69. Machiques Formation at Fossilworks.org
  70. García Formation at Fossilworks.org
  71. Valle Grande Formation at Fossilworks.org
  72. Apón Formation at Fossilworks.org
  73. Tibú Formation at Fossilworks.org
  74. Barranquín Formation at Fossilworks.org
  75. Macoita Formation at Fossilworks.org
  76. Tinacoa Formation at Fossilworks.org
  77. La Quinta Formation at Fossilworks.org
  78. Palmarito Formation at Fossilworks.org
  79. Campo Chico Formation at Fossilworks.org
  80. Caño del Oeste Formation at Fossilworks.org
  81. Caño Grande Formation at Fossilworks.org
  82. El Horno Formation at Fossilworks.org
  83. Caparo Formation at Fossilworks.org
  84. Mireles Formation at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography
Cantaure & Paraguaná Formations
Capadare Formation
Castillo Formation
Chaguaramas Formation
  • Horovitz, Inés, and Marcelo R. Sánchez Villagra. 2012. El Registro Fósil del Cenozoico, 133–156. Venezuela Paleontológica: Evolución de la diversidad en el pasado. Accessed 2017-10-21.
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
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