Muaco (Pleistocene of Venezuela)
Where: Falcon, Venezuela (11.5° N, 69.5° W: paleocoordinates 11.5° N, 69.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone
• The site consists of a layer of Pleistocene muddy sediments, 2 to 3 m thick, overlying Miocene sandstones that belong to the Caujarao Formation. The fossils were found sunk in the mud, above the sandstone.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. A. Carlini, A. E. Zurita, and O. A. Aguilera. 2008. North American Glyptodontines (Xenarthra, Mammalia) in the Upper Pleistocene of northern South America. Palaontologische Zeitschrift 82(2):125-138 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 114475: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 15.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Glyptotherium cf. cylindricum Brown 1912 glyptodon | |