Quebrada Honda: Middle Miocene, Venezuela
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Gavialidae
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Ikanogavialis gameroi
Sill 1970
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| AMU-CURS-433 (rostrum) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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cf. Thecachampsa informal sp. 2
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| AMU-CURS-034 (cranium and rostrum) | ||||||||||
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Purussaurus sp.
Barbosa Rodrigues 1892
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| AMU-CURS-031 (right mandible) | ||||||||||
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Caiman sp.
Spix 1825
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| AMU-CURS-151 (cranium) | ||||||||||
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Mourasuchus sp.
Price 1964
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| AMU-CURS-095 (partial rostrum) and AMU-CURS-141 (mandible) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Venezuela | State/province: | Falcon |
| Coordinates: | 11.2° North, 70.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.8° North, 66.0° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| 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: | Socorro |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Llano Largo, Cerro Maniaero, Cerro Alto | ||
| Database number: | 147466 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-07-09 03:06:19 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-07-09 03:06:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 47517. | T. M. Scheyer, O. A. Aguilera, M. Delfino, D. C. Fortier, A. A. Carlini, R. Sánchez, J. D. Carrillo-Briceño, L. Quiroz, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2013. Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics. Nature Communications 4:1907:1-9 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |