Where: Falcon, Venezuela (10.9° N, 68.6° W: paleocoordinates 10.8° N, 68.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• Fossils from Cave-fill seidments. Cave is formed in the middle Miocene Capadare Formation (Rincón R., 2003).
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: Specimens are hosted in the Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas
Primary reference: E. C. Holanda and A. D. Rincon. 2012. Tapirs from the Pleistocene of Venezuela. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(3):463-473 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cardenas ]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 147190: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Maria Vallejo on 06.07.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Tapirus terrestris Linnaeus 1758 Brazilian tapir |