Quebrada Socó (Miocene of Venezuela)

Also known as Barinasuchus arveloi type locality

Where: Barinas, Venezuela (8.6° N, 70.2° W: paleocoordinates 8.1° N, 67.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Parángula Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, sandy sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Paolillo and O. J. Linares. 2007. Nuevos cocodrilos Sebecosuchia del Cenozoico Suramericano (Mesosuchia: Crocodylia). Paleobiologia Neotropical 3:1-25 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 113145: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 22.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata - Sebecidae
Barinasuchus arveloi n. gen. n. sp.
Barinasuchus arveloi n. gen. n. sp. Paolillo and Linares 2007 crocodilian
MAAT-0260 (type)