Table 2 Associated fish fauna assemblage from the El Muaco Member
From: A new vertebrate continental assemblage from the Tortonian of Venezuela
Order | El Muaco Member | Inferred habitat | |
|---|---|---|---|
Family | Quebrada Cucuruchu | Puerto Chávez | |
Genus/species | |||
Lamniformes | |||
†Otodontidae | |||
†Carcharocles megalodon | X | X | Marine–?brackish |
Alopiidae | |||
†Anotodus sp. | X | Marine | |
Carcharhiniformes | |||
Hemigaleidae | Marine–?brackish | ||
†Hemipristis serra | X | ||
Carcharhinidae | |||
Carcharhinus leucas | X | X | Marine-brackish-fresh |
†Galeocerdo aduncus | X | X | Marine |
Negaprion sp. | X | X | Marine-brackish |
Sphyrnidae | |||
Sphyrna mokarran | X | X | Marine-brackish |
Sphyrna zygaena | X | Marine-brackish | |
Rhinopristiformes | |||
Pristidae | |||
Pristis sp. | X | Marine-brackish-fresh | |
Myliobatiformes | |||
Dasyatidae Indet. | X | X | Marine-brackish |
Myliobatidae | |||
Aetomylaeus sp. | X | Marine-brackish | |
Perciformes | |||
Lutjanidae Indet. | X | Marine-brackish | |
Scombriformes | |||
Sphyraenidae | |||
Sphyraena sp. | X | Marine | |
Tetraodontiformes | |||
Balistidae | |||
Balistes sp. | X | Marine | |
Diodontidae Indet. | X | X | Marine-brackish |