Taima-taima Unit I/II Disconformity (Pleistocene of Venezuela)
Where: Falcon, Venezuela (11.5° N, 69.5° W: paleocoordinates 11.5° N, 69.5° W)
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed/horizon: Unit II
Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported
• at the base of a "reddish sand" that is interpreted as showing paleosol development; overlies Unit I; direct dates on this unit, but it underlies a black clay that is dated at between 9650 and 10290 ybp
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying
Primary reference: A. L. Bryan, R. M. Casamiquela, J. M. Cruxent, R. Gruhn, and C. Ochsenius. 1978. An El Jobo mastodon kill at Taima-taima, Venezuela. Science 200:1275-1277 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 71284: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 09.02.1999, edited by Juan Carrillo
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Geochelone is also present; see Gruhn and Bryan 1984
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