Zumbador Cave: Pleistocene, Venezuela
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Toxodontidae
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Mixotoxodon larensis
Van Frank 1957
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Rincón R 2003 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Smilodon populator
Lund 1842
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Caviidae
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Neochoerus sp.
Hay 1926
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Rincón R 2003 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Megatheriidae
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Eremotherium laurillardi
(Lund 1842)
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Rincón R 2003 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Pachyarmatheriidae
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Pachyarmatherium tenebris n. sp.
Rincon and White 2007
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Rincon and White 2007 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Glyptodontidae
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Glyptatelinae indet.
Castellanos 1932
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Rincón R 2003 | ||||||
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Glyptodon clavipes
Owen 1839
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Rincon and White 2007 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Pampatheriidae
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Holmesina sp.
Simpson 1930
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Rincón R 2003 | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Odontopterygiformes
- Pelagornithidae
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Pelagornithidae indet.
Fürbringer 1888
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Rincon and Stuccchi 2003 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Geography
| Country: | Venezuela | State/province: | Falcon |
| Coordinates: | 10.9° North, 68.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.8° North, 68.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Fossils from Cave-fill seidments. Cave is formed in the middle Miocene Capadare Formation (Rincón R., 2003). |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | cave |
| Geology comments: Cave is formed in the middle Miocene Capadare Formation (Rincón R., 2003) | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Collection size: | 2 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Specimens are curated at Museo de Biología de la Universidad del Zulia, Sección de Paleontología (= MBLUZ) | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Cueva del Zumbador | ||
| Database number: | 63884 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Bell, M. Uhen | Enterer: | C. Bell, M. Uhen, M. Shalap |
| Modifier: | C. Bell | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-08-23 08:47:25 | Last modified: | 2006-08-23 17:13:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-08-23 08:47:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18348. | A. D. Rincón R. 2006. A first record of the Pleistocene saber-toothed cat Smilodon populator Lund, 1842 (Carnivora: Felidae: Machairodontinae) from Venezuela. Ameghiniana 43(2):499-501 [C. Bell/C. Bell] |
Secondary references:
| 38602 | A. D. Rincon and M. Stuccchi. 2003. Premer registro de la familia Pelagornithidae (Aves: Pelecaniformes) para Venezuela. Boletin Sociedad Venezolana Espeleologica 37:27-30 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 36870 | A. D. Rincon and R. White. 2007. Los Xenarthra Cingulata del Pleistoceno Tardio (Lujanense) de Cerro Mision, Estado Falcon, Venezuela. Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Espeleología 41:2-12 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/A. Rincon] | |
| 18354 | A. D. Rincón R. 2003. Los Mamíferos fósiles del Pleistoceno de la Cueva del Zumbador (Fa. 116), Estado Falcón, Venezuela. Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Espeleología 37:18-26 [C. Bell/C. Bell] |