Northwest of San Rafael: Late/Upper Miocene, Venezuela
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Purussaurus sp.
Barbosa Rodrigues 1892
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| AMU-CURS-384 (left mandible), AMU-CURS-390 (mandibular fragment), and AMU-CURS-394 | ||||||||||
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Purussaurus cf. mirandai
Aguilera et al. 2006
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Scheyer and Delfino 2016 | |||||||||
| AMU-CURS-528 | ||||||||||
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Mourasuchus sp.
Price 1964
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Scheyer and Delfino 2016 | |||||||||
| AMU-CURS-395, 396, 530 and 537 | ||||||||||
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Globidentosuchus brachyrostris
Scheyer et al. 2013
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| AMU-CURS-383 (cranium and mandibles) | ||||||||||
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Gryposuchus sp.
Gürich 1912
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| AMU-CURS-399 (cranial fragments) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Neoepiblemidae
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Neoepiblema sp.
Ameghino 1889
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Carrillo and Sánchez-Villagra 2015 | |||||||||
| AMU-CURS 381 | ||||||||||
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Phoberomys sp.
Kraglievich 1926
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Carrillo and Sánchez-Villagra 2015 | |||||||||
| AMU-CURS 380, 382 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Venezuela | State/province: | Falcon |
| Coordinates: | 11.2° North, 70.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.0° North, 68.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Urumaco | ||
| Database number: | 147465 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | P. Mannion, J. Carrillo | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-07-09 02:27:52 | Last modified: | 2013-07-08 11:27:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-07-09 02:27:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 47517. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 60794 | J. D. Carrillo and M. S. Sánchez-Villagra. 2015. Giant rodents from the Neotropics: diversity and dental variation of late Miocene neoepiblemid remains from Urumaco, Venezuela. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 89(4):1057-1071 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo/J. Carrillo] | |
| 61076 | 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] |