Banks of the Rio Guere: Middle Miocene, Venezuela
collected by Dr. R. Martin
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Glyptodontidae
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Asterostemma venezolensis n. sp.
Simpson 1947
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Geography
| Country: | Venezuela | State/province: | Anzoategui |
| Coordinates: | 9.0° North, 64.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.5° North, 60.7° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98 - 11.63 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Santa Ines |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Dr. R. Martin |
| Collection method comments: Repository: collections of the Ministerio de Fomento, Venezuela. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 145509 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | C. Suarez-Gomez |
| Modifier: | C. Suarez-Gomez | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-06-04 11:15:45 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2015-06-04 11:15:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 47037. | G. G. Simpson. 1947. A Miocene glyptodont from Venezuela. American Museum Novitates 1368:1-10 [C. Jaramillo/C. Suarez-Gomez/C. Suarez-Gomez] |