Cueva El Miedo (Pleistocene of Venezuela)

Also known as Cave Fear

Where: Falcon, Venezuela (10.9° N, 68.6° W: paleocoordinates 10.9° N, 68.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Capadare Formation, Lujanian (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. D. Rincon and R. White. 2007. Los Xenarthra Cingulata del Pleistoceno Tardio (Lujanense) de Cerro Mision, Estado Falcon, Venezuela. BoletĂ­n de la Sociedad Venezolana de EspeleologĂ­a 41:2-12 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/AD. Rincon]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 113601: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 03.08.2011, edited by Miranta Kouvari

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Pecari tajacu Linnaeus 1758 collared peccary
Tayassu pecari Link 1795 white-lipped peccary
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina occidentalis Hoffstetter 1952 edentate
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodon clavipes Owen 1839 glyptodon
 Cingulata - Pachyarmatheriidae
Pachyarmatherium tenebris n. sp. Rincon and White 2007 edentate
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Propraopus sulcatus Lund 1838 armadillo