West of Quebrado Tio Gregorio: Huayquerian, Venezuela
collected by R. C. Wood, B. Patterson, A. Lewis, D. Fisher, R. Repenning, M. Stanford 1972
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Podocnemididae
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Stupendemys geographicus n. gen., n. sp.
Wood 1976
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| corrected as Stupendemys geographica | ||||||||||
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Venezuela | State/province: | Falcón |
| Coordinates: | 11.2° North, 70.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.9° North, 68.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Huayquerian |
| Age range of interval: | 7.90000 - 4.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | fluvial-deltaic indet. |
| Geology comments: "near-shore marine, brackish, and fresh water deposits" in a "coastal area," including "small ephemeral ponds" with "root casts and locally abundant leaf inmpressions"; "stream channels, and in some cases swampy areas (as evidenced by localized accumulations of vegetable debris)"; "barrier beach" and "lagoonal water"; and "the delta of a large river" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | MCZ | ||
| Collectors: | R. C. Wood, B. Patterson, A. Lewis, D. Fisher, R. Repenning, M. Stanford | Collection dates: | 1972 |
| Collection method comments: MCNC and MCZ collections | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Urumaco | ||
| Database number: | 99401 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-11-09 16:02:49 | Last modified: | 2010-11-09 18:02:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-11-09 16:02:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34172. | R. C. Wood. 1976. Stupendemys geographicus, the world's largest turtle. Breviora 436:1-31 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |