Urumaco, Biozona 3 Loc 10-FU: Late/Upper Miocene, Venezuela
collected by O. J. Linares

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Neoepiblemidae
Phoberomys indet. Kraglievich 1926
see common names

Geography
Country:Venezuela State/province:Falcon
Coordinates: 11.2° North, 70.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.9° North, 68.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Miocene Mammal zone: Huayquerian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Urumaco Member:Superior
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandy "shale"
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: Unit composed of a sequence of shales noncyclic and sandstones. Its sediments are interpreted as deposits of river channels, floodplains and high fronts, with occasional marine influence.
Environment:"floodplain"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:O. J. Linares
Metadata
Also known as:Linares Nivel fosil 57
Database number:146446
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:M. Vallejo
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-06-25 10:22:57 Last modified:2013-06-24 19:22:57
Access level:group members Released:2015-06-25 10:22:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
47311. 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. Cárdenas]