Taratara, near: Late Miocene, Venezuela
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Bivalvia
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Pelecypoda indet.
Goldfuss 1820
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Gastropoda
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Geography
| Country: | Venezuela | State/province: | Falcón |
| Coordinates: | 11.5° North, 69.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.9° North, 66.9° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63 - 5.333 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: lithology characterized mainly by mudstones and claystones with some limestones and sand- stones | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 218916 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2021-03-04 12:22:29 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-03-04 12:22:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 75824. | A. Benites-Palomino, A. E. Reyes-Cespedes, G. Aguirre-Fernández, R. Sánchez, J. D. Carrillo-Briceño and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2021. A stem delphinidan from the Caribbean region of Venezuela. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 140(6):1-12 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Wagner] |