Where: Zulia, Venezuela (10.5° S, 72.9° W: paleocoordinates 10.4° S, 72.9° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Cave-fill sediments; Cave is formed in Cretaceous Grupo Cogollo limestones
Environment/lithology: caveunlithified
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), mechanical,
• Specimens are curated at the Museo de Biología de la Universidad del Zulia (Maracaibo) (= MBLUZ)
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 63886: authorized by Chris Bell, entered by Chris Bell on 23.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Megalonychidae indet. Gervais 1855 edentate | |
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent | |
Hydrochoeridae indet. Gill 1872 caviomorph | |
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer | |
Tayassuidae indet. Palmer 1897 peccary | |
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
Marsupialia indet. marsupial | |
Amphibia | |
Anura indet. frog |