Cueva de Los Huesos - Cerro Pintado: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Venezuela
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonychidae indet.
Gervais 1855
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Tayassuidae indet.
Palmer 1897
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Rodentia indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hydrochoeridae
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Hydrochoeridae indet.
Gill 1872
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Mammalia
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Marsupialia indet.
Illiger 1811
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Geography
| Country: | Venezuela | State/province: | Zulia |
| Coordinates: | 10.5° South, 72.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.4° South, 72.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 3200 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Cave-fill sediments; Cave is formed in Cretaceous Grupo Cogollo limestones |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | cave |
| Geology comments: Cave is formed in Cretaceous Grupo Cogollo limestones | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Abundance in sediment: | few |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | none |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
| Disassociated minor elements: | none |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (float),mechanical,field collection |
| Collection size: | 9 individuals |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Specimens are curated at the Museo de Biología de la Universidad del Zulia (Maracaibo) (= MBLUZ) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 63886 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Bell | Enterer: | C. Bell |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-08-23 14:52:33 | Last modified: | 2007-05-04 17:32:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-08-23 14:52:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18357. | A. D. Rincón R. 2000. Algunos resultados preliminares de la expedición a Cerro Pintado 1997, Zu.16 - Cueva de los Huesos (Sierra de Perijá, Venezuela). Boletin de la Sociedad Venezolana de Espeleología 34:44-46 [C. Bell/C. Bell] |