San Gregorio Oeste del Pueblo (Pleistocene of Venezuela)

Also known as SGOP

Where: Falcon, Venezuela (11.3° N, 70.2° W: paleocoordinates 11.3° N, 70.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cocuiza Member (San Gregorio Formation), Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

• 86Sr/88Sr dating indicates a Calabrian (early Pleistocene) age for the Cocuiza Member: 1.59 Ma (1.54 to 1.65 Ma) to 1.38 Ma (1.33 to 1.44 Ma) following Carrillo‑Briceño et al. (2021)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; coarse-grained, muddy sandstone and conglomerate

• clay-rich to coarse sandstones and some conglomeratic sandstones layers

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2019-2020

Primary reference: J. D. Carrillo‑Briceño, R. Sánchez, T. M. Scheyer, J. D. Carrillo, M. Delfino, G. L. Georgalis, L. Kerber, D. Ruiz‑Ramoni, J. L. O. Birindelli Cadena, A. F. Rincón, M. Chavez‑Hoffmeister, A. A. Carlini, M. R. Carvalho, R. Trejos‑Tamayo, F. Vallejo, C. Jaramillo, and D. S. Jones and M. R. S. 2021. A Pliocene–Pleistocene continental biota from Venezuela. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 140:9:1-76 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 219885: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 26.04.2021

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Mammalia -
Mammalia indet.
Mammalia indet. mammal
AMU-CURS-1293
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodontinae indet.
Toxodontinae indet. Owen 1837 notoungulate
AMU-CURS-1325, 1326 and 1351
 Theriamorpha -
Xenarthra indet.
Xenarthra indet. Cope 1889 edentate
AMU-CURS-1356
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
aff. Holmesina floridianus
aff. Holmesina floridianus edentate
AMU-CURS-1294 and -1295
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
cf. Proeremotherium sp.
cf. Proeremotherium sp. Carlini et al. 2006 edentate
AMU-CURS-1303
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet.
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
AMU-CURS-1329
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Chapalmalania sp.
Chapalmalania sp. Ameghino 1908 procyonid carnivore
AMU-CURS-1327
Reptilia
 Squamata - Boidae
Eunectes sp.
Eunectes sp. Wagler 1830 anaconda
AMU-CURS-1304
 Testudines - Podocnemididae
Podocnemididae indet.
Podocnemididae indet. Cope 1868 sideneck turtle
AMU-CURS-1305–1307
 Crocodylia -
Crocodylia indet.
Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842 crocodilian
AMU-CURS-1322 and -1352, 1311–1316 and -1321, 1309, -1320, and -1319
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Caimaninae indet., Caiman aff. yacare
Caimaninae indet. Brochu 1999 crocodilian
AMU-CURS-1315
Caiman aff. yacare Daudin 1802 caiman
AMU-CURS-1328