Zumbador Cave: Serravallian, Venezuela
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Odontopterygiformes
- Pelagornithidae
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Pelagornis cf. chilensis
Mayr and Rubilar-Rogers 2010
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Venezuela | State/province: | Falcon |
| Coordinates: | 10.9° North, 68.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.4° North, 64.8° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Serravallian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Serravallian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 13.82 - 11.63 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Capadare |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
| Geology comments: isolated carbonate development, without influence of coast and continent, in entirely open-sea conditions, with well- oxygenated and clear water, and moderate energy in a tropical climate | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: MBLUZ-P, Museo de Biologıa de la Universidad del Zulia, Seccion de Pale- ontologıa, Maracaibo, Venezuela. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 175186 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-12-04 14:42:12 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-12-04 14:42:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57241. | A. Solorzano and A. D. Rincon. 2015. The earliest record (early Miocene) of a bony-toothed bird from South America and a reexamination of Venezuelan pelagornithids. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(6):e995188 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |