Norte Casa Chiguaje (Crocodylus falconensis type locality) (Pliocene of Venezuela)

Where: Falcon, Venezuela (11.3° N, 70.2° W: paleocoordinates 11.2° N, 69.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Vergel Member (San Gregorio Formation), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. M. Scheyer, O. A. Aguilera, M. Delfino, D. C. Fortier, A. A. Carlini, R. Sánchez, J. D. Carrillo-Briceño, L. Quiroz, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2013. Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics. Nature Communications 4:1907:1-9 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 147461: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 09.07.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842 crocodilian
AMU-CURS-302 (teeth)
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus falconensis n. sp. Scheyer et al. 2013 crocodile
AMU-CURS-300 - type (an almost complete skull with mandibles)