Also known as Linares Nivel fosil 32
Where: Falcon, Venezuela (11.2° N, 70.2° W: paleocoordinates 10.9° N, 68.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chasicoan mammal zone, Medio Member (Urumaco Formation), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: delta plain; shale and sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
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 146422: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Maria Vallejo on 25.06.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Gyrinodon sp. Hopwood 1928 notoungulate |