Also known as Linares Nivel fosil 9
Where: Falcon, Venezuela (11.2° N, 70.2° W: paleocoordinates 10.7° N, 67.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Inferior Member (Urumaco Formation), Laventan (13.8 - 11.0 Ma)
• M. Miocene, Laventan.
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 146407: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Maria Vallejo on 25.06.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
cf. Olenopsis sp. Ameghino 1889 caviomorph | |
Mylodontidae indet. Ameghino 1889 edentate |