Fig. 7
From: Otoliths of the Gobiidae from the Neogene of tropical America
Location plate of Venezuela, based on geological maps of Padron et al. (1993) and Albert-Villanueva et al. (2017). Falcón (A): PA, Paraguaná FM (Pliocene); CA, Cantaure FM (Lower Miocene, Burdigalian); LV, La Vela FM (Lower Pliocene, Zanclean); SC, Socorro FM (Middle Miocene, Serravallian); OA, Ojo de Agua FM (Middle Miocene) [LV, OA and SC not distinguished by color on map]. Margarita Island (B1): PM, El Manglillo FM (Pleistocene); LT, La Tejita Mb, Cubagua FM (Upper Miocene, Messinian); ED, El Dátil FM (Eocene). Cubagua Island (B2) and Araya Peninsula (B3): CM, Cumaná FM (Pleistocene, Calabrian); CU-cn, Cubagua FM, Cerro Negro Mb (Lower Pliocene, Zanclean); CU-cv, Cubagua FM, Cerro Verde Mb (Upper Miocene, Messinian); ECa, Eocene; CMa, metamorphic basement