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Uitpa, Uribia, La Guajira Department, Colombia

Formation	Uitpa
Age:	23.0 - 20.4 Ma Miocene
Interval	Aquitanian
Lithology	sandstone
Number of Collections	1
Number of Occurrences	14

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Arroyo Uitpa	Uribia, La Guajira Department, Colombia	Uitpa

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Teleostei unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Teleostei	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Carcharhinus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Carcharhinidae : *Carcharhinus*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Carcharhinus gibbesi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Carchariniformes : Carcharhinidae : Carcharhinus : *Carcharhinus gibbesi*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
? no name ?	100		23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Sphyrna laevissima species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Carchariniformes : Sphyrnidae : Sphyrna : *Sphyrna laevissima*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Heptranchias howelli species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hexanchiformes : Hexanchidae : Heptranchias : *Heptranchias howelli*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Isurus oxyrinchus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Isurus : *Isurus oxyrinchus*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Otodus (Carcharocles) sp. subgenus	6.3	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Otodontidae : Otodus : *Otodus (Carcharocles)*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Megalolamna paradoxodon species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Otodontidae : Megalolamna : *Megalolamna paradoxodon*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Mobula sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Myliobatiformes : Myliobatidae : *Mobula*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Alopias superciliosus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Odontaspidida : Alopiidae : Alopias : *Alopias superciliosus*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Pristiophorus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Pristiophoriformes : Pristiophoridae : *Pristiophorus*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Centrophorus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Squaliformes : Centrophoridae : *Centrophorus*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Dalatias licha species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Plagiostomi : Squalidae : Dalatias : *Dalatias licha*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene

References

Carrillo-Briceño J. D., Argyriou T., et al (2016) A New Early Miocene (Aquitanian) Elasmobranchii Assemblage from the la Guajira Peninsula, Colombia, Ameghiniana 53 2, 77-99 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5710/AMGH.26.10.2015.2931

Shimada K., Chandler R. E., et al (2017) A new elusive otodontid shark (Lamniformes:\r\nOtodontidae) from the lower Miocene, and comments on the taxonomy of otodontid genera, including the ‘megatoothed’ clade, Historical Biology 29 5, 704-714 doi:10.1080/08912963.2016.1236795

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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