Urumaco Formation: Late/Upper Miocene, Venezuela
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Rhyzoprionodon sp.
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Aguilera and de Aguilera 2004 | |||||||||
Negapriom eurybathrodon
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Aguilera and de Aguilera 2004 | |||||||||
Mylobatis sp.
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Aguilera and de Aguilera 2004 | |||||||||
Sciaedeops troschelli
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Aguilera and de Aguilera 2004 | |||||||||
Plagioscion urumacoensis
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Aguilera and de Aguilera 2004 | |||||||||
Anadara notabilis
Röding 1798
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Ophioscion lundbergi
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Aguilera and de Aguilera 2004 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Niso sp.
Risso 1826
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella abrupta
(Spieker 1922)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva reticularis
Lamarck 1811
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Oliva cylindrica
Sowerby 1850
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MISSPELT: Oliva cilindrica | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Antillophos sp.
Woodring 1928
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius antillarum
(d'Orbigny 1847)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus cf. kevani
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Conus cf. bayeri
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Horaiclavidae
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Buchema sp.
Corea 1934
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Polystira vives
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Prunum cf. marginatum
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Prunum cf. prunum
(Gmelin 1791)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cystiscidae
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Persicula venezolana
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Spelling?; SUBSPECIES: Persicula venezolana lavellana | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Eupleura cf. caudata
(Say 1822)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea aff. henekeni
(Sowerby 1850)
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= Siphocypraea donmoorei
Petuch 1979
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Petuch 1988 | |||||||||
recombined as Muracypraea donmoorei | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices lacteus
(Guilding 1834)
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Stigmaulax cf. sulcata
(Born 1778)
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Heliacus bisulcatus
(d'Orbigny 1842)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara cf. lienosa
(Say 1832)
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recombined as Anadara (Rasia) lienosa | ||||||||||
Anadara zorritoensis
(Spieker 1922)
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Anadara inutilis
Jung 1965
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original and current combination Anadara (Cunearca) inutilis | ||||||||||
Anadara brasiliana
(Lamarck 1819)
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recombined as Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana | ||||||||||
Anadara chemnitzi
(Philippi 1851)
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original and current combination Arca chemnitzi | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris pectinata
(Gmelin 1791)
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recombined as Tucetona pectinata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula gibbosa
Lamarck 1801
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MISSPELT: Plicatula gibosa | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Argopecten nucleus
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Argopecten irradians
(Lamarck 1819)
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Lyropecten antillarum
(Récluz 1853)
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recombined as Antillipecten antillarum | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Crassostrea sp.
Sacco 1897
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Codakia cf. orbiculata
(Montagu 1808)
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recombined as Ctena orbiculata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Cuspidariidae
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Cardiomya alternata
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Verticordiidae
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Verticordia cf. acuticostata
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula contracta
Say 1822
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recombined as Caryocorbula contracta | ||||||||||
Corbula caribaea
d'Orbigny 1845
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recombined as Caryocorbula caribaea | ||||||||||
Corbula operculata
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Echinochama cf. cornuta
(Conrad 1866)
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original and current combination Arcinella cornuta | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mulinia portoricensis
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trigoniocardia antillarum
(d'Orbigny 1853)
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recombined as Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) antillarum | ||||||||||
Trachycardium magnum
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina radiata
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Solenidae
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Solen sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
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Petaloconchus varians
d'Orbigny 1839
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Rhinoptera sp.
Cuvier 1829
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatis sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Pristis pectinata
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Carcharhinus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis serra
Agassiz 1835
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Sphyrnidae
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Sphyrna sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo cuvier
Peron and LeSueur 1822
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharodon megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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recombined as Otodus megalodon | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Neoepiblemidae
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cf. Phoberomys sp.
Kraglievich 1926
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Horovitz et al. 2006 | |||||||||
CIAAP 441-442. In: El Hatillo (c) - Collected by Jean Bocquentin-Villanueva in July 1980 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Iniidae
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Ischyrorhynchus sp.
Ameghino 1891
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Cozzuol 2006 | |||||||||
Saurocetes sp.
Burmeister 1871
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Latrubesse et al. 2010 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Megatheriidae
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Urumaquia robusta
Carlini et al. 2006
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Carlini et al. 2008 | |||||||||
AMU-CURS 169, 176, 179. Urumaco, Estado Falc6n, Venezuela; Urumaco Formation, Late Miocene (MINISTERIO DE ENERG1A Y MINAS 1997; | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Toxodontidae
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Toxodontidae indet.
Ameghino 1889
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Trichechidae
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Ribodon sp.
Ameghino 1883
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Latrubesse et al. 2010 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Wood and Patterson 1973 | |||||||||
Musco de Cicncias Naturales, Caracas, no. 238; hypoplastron. Pleurodira indet. according to 64451 (Chelidae or Araripemyidae). But Trionychidae indet. according to 63467 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Podocnemididae
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Bairdemys venezuelensis
(Wood and Diaz 1971)
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Reptilia
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Gryposuchus croizati
Riff and Aguilera 2008
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UNEFM-CIAAP-1440 (isolated mandible) | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Haemulidae
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Haemulon sp.
Cuvier 1829
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Actinopteri
- Sciaenidae
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Equetus sp.
Rafinesque 1815
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Micropogonias coatesi
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Aguilera and de Aguilera 2004 | |||||||||
Larimus steurbautti
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Aguilera and de Aguilera 2004 | |||||||||
Larimus sp.
Cuvier and Valenciennes 1830
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Aguilera and de Aguilera 2004 | |||||||||
Larimus henrii
Nolf and Aguilera 1998
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Aguilera and de Aguilera 2004 | |||||||||
Cynoscion sp.
Gill 1861
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Actinopteri
- Perciformes
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Nebris sp.
Cuvier and Valenciennes 1830
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Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Serranidae
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Epinephelus itajara
Lichtenstein 1822
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Aguilera and de Aguilera 2004 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Ariidae
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Arius couma
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Arius dowii
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Aguilera and de Aguilera 2004 | |||||||||
Arius herzbergii
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Aguilera and de Aguilera 2004 | |||||||||
Arius kessleri
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Aguilera and de Aguilera 2004 | |||||||||
Arius quadriscutis
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Aguilera and de Aguilera 2004 | |||||||||
Arius rugispinis
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Aguilera and de Aguilera 2004 | |||||||||
Bagre marinus
(Mitchill 1815)
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Aguilera and de Aguilera 2004 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Venezuela |
Coordinates: | 11.2° North, 70.3° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 11.0° North, 68.8° West |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 11.60800 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Urumaco | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Urumaco Formation. AGE: Correlations indicate Middle Miocene-Early Pliocene in text; suggested to be Late Miocene according to Gamero (1997); placed by enterer in late Miocene on the basis of faunal composition . STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: General list for formation. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | unlithified "siliciclastic" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated, but obviously siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on figured specimens. | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine siliciclastic. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: UNEFM, Venezuela. | |
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to characteristic taxa figured or stated in text. NOMENCLATURE: Not and authoritative publication with generally modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications. |
Metadata
Database number: | 92751 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy, E. Vlachos, M. Uhen, C. Jaramillo, P. Mannion | Enterer: | A. Hendy, M. Kouvari, E. Medeiros, C. Pimiento, E. Vlachos, M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Kouvari | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2009-11-27 13:27:56 | Last modified: | 2019-08-29 04:01:39 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-11-27 13:27:56 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
31280. | O. A. Aguilera. 2004. Tesoros Paleontológicos de Venezuela 1-148 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
64451 | F. L. Agnolin. 2005. The systematic position of Trionyx argentina Ameghino, 1899 (Chelonii: Trionychidae). Studia Geológica Salmanticensia 41:57-61 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/M. Uhen] | |
38039 | O. Aguilera and D. R. de Aguilera. 2004. Giant-toothed White Sharks and Wide-toothed Mako (Lamnidae) from the Venezuela Neogene: Their Role in the Caribbean, Shallow-water Fish Assemblage. Caribbean Journal of Science 40(3):368-382 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/C. Pimiento] | |
38840 | M. Bond, R. H. Madden, and A. A. Carlini. 2006. A new specimen of Toxodontidae(Notoungulata)from the Urumaco formation (Upper Miocene) of Venezuela. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 4(3):285-291 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo] | |
69924 | A. A. Carlini, D. Brandoni, and R. Sanchez. 2008. Additions to the knowledge of Urumaquia robusta (Xenarthra, Phyllophaga, Megatheriidae) from the Urumaco Formation (Late Miocene), Estado Falc6n, Venezuela. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 82(2):153-162 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari] | |
19222 | M. A. Cozzuol. 2006. The Acre vertebrate fauna: Age, diversity, and geography. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 21:185-203 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
69912 | I. Horovitz, M. R. Sánchez-Villagra, T. Martin and O. A. Aguilera. 2006. The fossil record of Phoberomys pattersoni Mones 1980 (Mammalia, Rodentia) from Urumaco (Late Miocene, Venezuela), with an analysis of its phylogenetic relationships. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 4(3):293-306 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari] | |
33351 | E. M. Latrubesse, M. Cozzuol, S. A. F. Silva-Caminha, C. A. Rigsby, M. L. Absy and C. Jaramillo. 2010. The Late Miocene paleogeography of the Amazon Basin and the evolution of the Amazon River system. Earth-Science Reviews 99:99-124 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
31112 | E. J. Petuch. 1988. Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks 1-217 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
82962 | D. Riff and O.A. Aguilera. 2008. The world's largest gharials Gryposuchus: description of G. croizati n. sp. (Crocodylia, Gavialidae) from the Upper Miocene Urumaco Formation, Venezuela. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 82(2):178-195 [M. Uhen/E. Medeiros] | |
63467 | N. S. Vitek and W. G. Joyce. 2015. A Review of the Fossil Record of New World Turtles of the Clade Pan-Trionychidae. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 56(2):185-244 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
64060 | R. C. Wood and B. Patterson. 1973. A fossil trionychid from South America. Breviora 405:1-10 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |