Urumaco, Biozona 1 Loc 44-FU: Laventan, Venezuela
collected by O. J. Linares

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Mylodontidae indet. Ameghino 1889
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dinomyidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Venezuela State/province:Falcon
Coordinates: 11.2° North, 70.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.8° North, 66.4° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5-6
Key time interval: Laventan
Age range of interval: 13.8 - 11 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Urumaco Member:Inferior
Stratigraphy comments: M. Miocene, Laventan.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandy siltstone
Environment:delta front
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
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 9
Database number:146407
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:M. Vallejo
Modifier:M. Kouvari Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-06-25 06:52:06 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:group members Released:2016-06-25 06:52:06
Creative Commons license:CC0
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]