South East of 'Cerro los Chivatos': Middle Miocene, Venezuela
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Megatheriidae
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Megatheriidae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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Reptilia
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Thecachampsa sp.
Cope 1867
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Alethinophidia indet.
Nopcsa 1923
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Reptilia
- Boidae
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Boinae indet.
Gray 1825
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Geography
| Country: | Venezuela | State/province: | Falcón |
| Coordinates: | 12.0° North, 70.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 12.6° North, 65.9° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
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 |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 11 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Specimens are curated at Colección Alcaldía de Urumaco, Rodolfo Sänchez (AMU-CURS) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 63519 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Bell | Enterer: | C. Bell |
| Modifier: | C. Bell | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-08-15 15:50:47 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-08-15 15:50:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18258. | J. J. Head, M. R. Sânchez-Villagra, and O. A. Aguilera. 2006. Fossil snakes from the Neogene of Venezuela (Falcón State). Journal of Systematic Paleontology 41(3):233-240 [C. Bell/C. Bell] |