This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Venezuela.

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units Group Formation Period Notes Blanquilla Formation Late Pleistocene Blanquilla Formation at Fossilworks.org Abisinia Formation Early Pleistocene Abisinia Formation at Fossilworks.org Mesa Formation Ensenadan Mesa Formation at Fossilworks.orgGranadino, 2012, p.18 Cumaná Formation Early-Late Pleistocene Cumaná Formation at Fossilworks.org San Gregorio Formation Chapadmalalan-Uquian San Gregorio Formation at Fossilworks.orgCastro et al., 2014, p.5 Caujarao Formation Chasicoan-Late Pleistocene Caujarao Formation at Fossilworks.orgQuijano Ballesteros, 2005, p.19 Codore Formation Montehermosan-Early Pleistocene Codore Formation at Fossilworks.org Cabo Blanco Guaiguaza Clay Late Pliocene Guaiguaza Clay at Fossilworks.org Playa Grande Formation Early Pliocene Playa Grande Formation at Fossilworks.org Mare Formation Early Pliocene Mare Formation at Fossilworks.org Cubagua Araya Formation Late Pliocene Araya Formation at Fossilworks.org Cerro Negro Formation Early Pliocene Cerro Negro Formation at Fossilworks.org Punta Gavilán Formation Zanclean Punta Gavilán Formation at Fossilworks.org La Vela Formation Pliocene La Vela Formation at Fossilworks.org Paraguaná Formation Early Pliocene Paraguaná Formation at Fossilworks.orgMendi & Rodríguez, 2005, p.19 Cubagua Formation Late Miocene-Early Pliocene Cubagua Formation at Fossilworks.org Urumaco Formation Laventan-Huayquerian Urumaco Formation at Fossilworks.orgLinares, 2004, p.16 La Puerta Formation Late Miocene La Puerta Formation at Fossilworks.org El Veral Formation Late Miocene El Veral Formation at Fossilworks.org Buenevara Adentro Formation Langhian Buenevara Adentro Formation at Fossilworks.org El Porvenir Formation Langhian El Porvenir Formation at Fossilworks.org Chiguale Formation Middle Miocene Chiguale Formation at Fossilworks.org Capadare Formation Laventan Capadare Formation at Fossilworks.orgPenín & Villarroel, 2005, p.138 Santa Inés Formation Laventan Santa Inés Formation at Fossilworks.orgSimpson, 1947, p.2 Socorro Formation Laventan Socorro Formation at Fossilworks.orgLinares, 2004, p.5 Parángula Formation Friasian Parángula Formation at Fossilworks.orgPaolillo & Linares, 2007, p.2 Río Yuca Formation Santacrucian-Friasian Río Yuka (sic) Formation at Fossilworks.orgRincón et al., 2016, p.19 Cantaure Formation Santacrucian Cantaure Formation at Fossilworks.orgMendi & Rodríguez, 2005, p.20 Chaguaramas Formation Santacrucian Horovitz & Sánchez Villagra, 2012, p.145 Cerro Pelado Formation Early-Mid Miocene Cerro Pelado Formation at Fossilworks.org Agua Clara Formation Burdigalian Agua Clara Formation at Fossilworks.org La Rosa Formation Early-Mid Miocene La Rosa Formation at Fossilworks.org Querales Formation Burdigalian Querales Formation at Fossilworks.org Guamacire Formation Early Miocene Guamacire Formation at Fossilworks.org Pedregoso Formation Early Miocene Pedregoso Formation at Fossilworks.org Brasso Clay Neogene Castillo Formation Deseadan Castillo Formation at Fossilworks.orgJohnson, 2009, p.60 San Luis Formation Chattian San Luis Formation at Fossilworks.org Patiecitos Formation Chattian Patiecitos Formation at Fossilworks.org Areo Formation Oligocene Areo Formation at Fossilworks.org Carapita Formation Oligocene Carapita Formation at Fossilworks.org Los Bagres Formation Oligocene Los Bagres Formation at Fossilworks.org Roblecito Formation Oligocene Roblecito Formation at Fossilworks.org Santa Rita Formation Priabonian Santa Rita Formation at Fossilworks.org Santa Anita Formation Late Eocene Santa Rita Formation at Fossilworks.org Paguey Formation Middle Eocene Paguey Formation at Fossilworks.org Mirador Formation Late Paleocene-Mid Eocene Mirador Formation at Fossilworks.org Misoa Formation Early Eocene Misoa Formation at Fossilworks.org Guárica Formation Paleocene Guárica Formation at Fossilworks.org Guasare Formation Paleocene Guasare Formation at Fossilworks.org Navay Formation Late Cretaceous Navay Formation at Fossilworks.org La Luna Formation Early Cenomanian-Coniacian La Luna Formation at Fossilworks.org Cogollo Cogollo Formation Late Aptian-Early Cenomanian Cogollo Formation at Fossilworks.org Lisure Formation Albian Lisure Formation at Fossilworks.org La Puya Formation Albian La Puya Formation at Fossilworks.org Querecual Formation Albian Querecual Formation at Fossilworks.org Chimana Formation Late Aptian-Early Albian Chimana Formation at Fossilworks.org Machiques Formation Aptian-Early Albian Machiques Formation at Fossilworks.org García Formation Late Aptian García Formation at Fossilworks.org Valle Grande Formation Late Aptian Valle Grande Formation at Fossilworks.org Apón Formation Aptian Apón Formation at Fossilworks.org Tibú Formation Late Aptian Tibú Formation at Fossilworks.org Barranquín Formation Barremian-Early Albian Barranquín Formation at Fossilworks.org Macoita Formation Callovian Macoita Formation at Fossilworks.org Tinacoa Formation Early-Middle Jurassic Tinacoa Formation at Fossilworks.org La Quinta Formation Hettangian La Quinta Formation at Fossilworks.org Palmarito Formation Asselian-Kungurian Palmarito Formation at Fossilworks.org Campo Chico Formation Eifelian-Early Frasnian Campo Chico Formation at Fossilworks.org Río Cachirí Caño del Oeste Formation Eifelian-Givetian Caño del Oeste Formation at Fossilworks.org Caño Grande Formation Pragian-Eifelian Caño Grande Formation at Fossilworks.org El Horno Formation Llandovery-Ludlow El Horno Formation at Fossilworks.org Caparo Formation Costonian-Longvillian Caparo Formation at Fossilworks.org Mireles Formation Tremadocian Mireles Formation at Fossilworks.org

See also

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

Bibliography Cantaure & Paraguaná Formations

Capadare Formation

Castillo Formation

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

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