Cerro Zamuro
Basic information
Sample name: Cerro Zamuro
Reference: A. Solórzano, A. D. Rincón, G. M. Cidade, M. Núñez Flores, and L. Sánchez. 2018. Lower Miocene alligatoroids (Crocodylia) from the Castillo Formation, northwest of Venezuela. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 99:241-259 [ER 4064]
Geography
Country: Venezuela
State: Lara


Coordinate: 10.35° N, -70.08° W
Basis of coordinate: estimated from map
Formation: Castillo
Time interval: Early Miocene
Geography comments: "Both localities are close to the village of La Mesa, north of the town of Carora, Lara State, along the southern-most exposures of the Sierra de La Baragua in northwest Venezuela"
"The locality of Cerro Zamuro is 500 m to the east of Cerro La Cruz"
Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: "Both localities show alternating packages of siliciclastic and carbonate sediments"
Methods
Life forms: other reptiles
Museum: Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC)
Metadata
Sample: 4482
Modified: 2024-11-15 22:32:11
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