Urumaco, Biozona 1 Loc 84-FS (Miocene of Venezuela)

Also known as Linares nivel fosil 1

Where: Falcon, Venezuela (11.2° N, 70.2° W: paleocoordinates 10.7° N, 67.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Laventan mammal zone, Superior Member (Socorro Formation), Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: delta front; sandy siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by O. J. Linares

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: O. J. Linares. 2004. Bioestratigrafia de la fauna de mamíferos de las Formaciones Socorro, Urumaco y Codore (Mioceno medio - Plioceno temprno)de la región de Urumaco, Falcon, Venezuela. Paleobiologia Neotropical 1:1-26 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 146404: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Maria Vallejo on 25.06.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Iniidae
Iniidae indet. Gray 1846 toothed whale