Cerro La Cruz, cast-40 (Miocene of Venezuela)

Also known as Cast 40

Where: Lara, Venezuela (10.4° N, 70.1° W: paleocoordinates 9.6° N, 66.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Castillo Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; mudstone

• near-shore marine environments, probably with brackish facies and local episodes of continental environments
• mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Solórzano, A. D. Rincón, G. M. Cidade, M. Núñez-Flores, and L. Sánchez. 2019. Lower Miocene alligatoroids (Crocodylia) from the Castillo Formation, northwest of Venezuela. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 99(2):241-259 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 193999: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 11.06.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
cf. Siquisiquesuchus sp.
cf. Siquisiquesuchus sp. Brochu and Rincón 2004 crocodilian
MBLUZ P-4685
 Crocodylia -
Alligatoroidea indet.
Alligatoroidea indet. Gray 1844 crocodilian
IVIC-P-2667 and 2916
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Caimaninae indet., Caiman sp., Purussaurus sp.
Caimaninae indet. Brochu 1999 crocodilian
IVIC-P-2923
Caiman sp. Spix 1825 caiman
IVIC-P-2932
Purussaurus sp. Barbosa Rodrigues 1892 crocodilian
IVIC-P-2215 and 2216