Cueva de Los Murciélagos (Holocene of Venezuela)

Also known as Bat Cave; El Manzanillo; Water Hole

Where: Zulia, Venezuela (11.0° N, 71.7° W: paleocoordinates 10.9° N, 71.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Cave Fill; guano deposit

Environment/lithology: caveunlithified

• Cave is formed in Cretaceous limestone

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), mechanical,

• Specimens are curated at the Museo de Biología de la Universidad del Zulia (= MBLUZ)

Primary reference: A. D. Rincón R. 2001. Quirópteros subfósiles presentes en los depósitos de guano de la Cueva de los Murciélagos, Isla de Toas, Estado Zulia, Venezuela. Anartia 13:18-13 [C. Bell/C. Bell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63885: authorized by Chris Bell, entered by Chris Bell on 23.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae
Leptonycteris curasoae leaf-nosed bat