Urumaco, Biozona 3 Loc 82-FU: Late Miocene, Venezuela
collected by O. J. Linares

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae
Kiyutherium indet. Francis and Mones 1965
see common names

Geography
Country:Venezuela State/province:Falcon
Coordinates: 11.2° North, 70.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.6° North, 67.6° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Miocene Mammal zone:  Huayquerian
Age range of interval: 11.63 - 5.333 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Urumaco Member:Superior
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandy "shale"
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: Unit composed of a sequence of shales noncyclic and sandstones. Its sediments are interpreted as deposits of river channels, floodplains and high fronts, with occasional marine influence.
Environment:"floodplain"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
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 52
Database number:146450
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:M. Vallejo
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-06-25 11:13:42 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:group members Released:2016-06-25 11:13:42
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]