Corralito Locality (Miocene of Venezuela)
Where: Falcón, Venezuela (11.2° N, 70.3° W: paleocoordinates 11.0° N, 68.8° W)
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When: Upper Member (Urumaco Formation), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: J. J. Head, M. R. Sânchez-Villagra, and O. A. Aguilera. 2006. Fossil snakes from the Neogene of Venezuela (Falcón State). Journal of Systematic Paleontology 41(3):233-240 [C. Bell/C. Bell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 63520: authorized by Chris Bell, entered by Chris Bell on 15.08.2006, edited by Philip Mannion and Evangelos Vlachos
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Taxonomic list
• Specimens are curated in Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda, Coro/Centro de Investigaciones Antropológicas, Arqueológicas y Paleontológicas, Coro, Venezuela (UNEFM-CIAAP)
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Caimaninae indet.6, Melanosuchus fisheri n. sp.3, Purussaurus sp.5, Caiman wannlangstoni6, Mourasuchus arendsi n. sp.1
Mourasuchus arendsi n. sp.1 Bocquentin Villanueva 1984 crocodilian UNEFM-CIAPP-1297 - type (skull and presacral vertebrae); hypodigm - CIAAP 1333 (partial maxilla)
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Boinae indet. Gray 1825 boa | |
"Chelus lewisi" = Chelus colombianus7
"Chelus lewisi" = Chelus colombianus7 Wood 1976 Chelus colombiana UNEFM 1323, plastron and an isolated bone of the anterior half of a carapace
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