Norte Las Huertas (Miocene of Venezuela)

Also known as SW of El Mamón, Urumaco

Where: Falcon, Venezuela (11.4° N, 69.9° W: paleocoordinates 11.1° N, 68.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Urumaco Formation), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. M. Scheyer and M. Delfino. 2016. The late Miocene caimanine fauna (Crocodylia: Alligatoroidea) of the Urumaco Formation, Venezuela. Palaeontologia Electronica 19(3):48A:1-57 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182999: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 30.11.2016

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Mourasuchus sp. Price 1964 crocodilian