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Urumaco Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Miocene
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The Urumaco Formation is a formation in Venezuela that includes deposits from the Late Miocene. It is the site of several "giant forms": the turtles, crocodiles, sloths and rodents of Urumaco are among the largest of their groups.

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Urumaco Formation

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crocodiles, sloths and rodents of Urumaco are among the largest of their groups. The Urumaco formation is located in the Urumaco region in the Caribbean coastal...

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Gryposuchus

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Miocene Solimões Formation, in and referred to the species in 1997. Gryposuchus jessei is also referred to from the Urumaco Formation of northwestern Venezuela...

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Phoberomys

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been discovered in the Ituzaingó Formation of Argentina, the Solimões Formation of Brazil, the Urumaco Formation at Urumaco in Venezuela, and the Pliocene...

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Ikanogavialis

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crocodilian. Fossils have been found in the Urumaco Formation in Urumaco, Venezuela and the Solimões Formation of Brazil. The strata from which remains are...

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Purussaurus

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Peruvian Amazon, Colombian Villavieja Formation, Panamanian Culebra Formation, Urumaco and Socorro Formations of northern Venezuela. The skull length...

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Redtail catfish

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2003, from the Urumaco Formation at Urumaco, Venezuela. Another fossil species, P. acreornatus, is known from the Solimões Formation, Acre, Brazil. This...

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Neoepiblemidae

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Ituzaingó Formations and Colhué Huapí Member of Argentina, the Solimões Formation of Brazil, the Pebas Formation of Peru and the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela...

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Melanosuchus

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discovered in the Solimões Formation of Brazil, dating from the Upper Miocene Melanosuchus fisheri Medina, 1976 – from the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela, dating...

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South American land mammal age

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Inés Formation Simpson, George Gaylord. 1947. A Miocene glyptodont from Venezuela. American Museum Novitates 1368. 1–10. Accessed 2018-10-01. Urumaco, Socorro...

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Ribodon

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America (Ituzaingó Formation, then described as Entrerriana Formation, Argentina, Solimões Formation, Brazil and Urumaco Formation, Urumaco, Venezuela) during...

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Stupendemys

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describing material discovered during the routine excavations in the Urumaco Formation, which have been ongoing since 1994. The material includes a relatively...

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Phoberomys pattersoni

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and molars. An almost complete skeleton was discovered in the Urumaco Formation at Urumaco, Venezuela, in 2000. The new species was later classified with...

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List of largest reptiles

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Purussaurus (Crocodyliformes, Alligatoridae) from the Upper Miocene Urumaco Formation, Venezuela". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 4 (3): 221–232....

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Mourasuchus

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a junior synonym of Mourasuchus. A third species was found in the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela in 1984 and named Mourasuchus arendsi by Bocquentin-Villanueva...

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Globidentosuchus

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Middle to Late Miocene of the Middle and the Upper Members of the Urumaco Formation at Urumaco, Venezuela. Its skull was very short and robust, with large units...

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Caiman brevirostris

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Miocene 5.3 million years ago in Acre and Amazonas, Brazil as well as Urumaco, Venezuela. Several specimens have been referred to the species, but only...

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Megalodon

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the Gatún Formation of Panama, the Calvert Formation of Maryland, Banco de Concepción in the Canary Islands, and the Bone Valley Formation of Florida...

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Eumegamys

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and Pliocene of Brazil (Solimões Formation), Venezuela (Urumaco Formation, Urumaco) and Argentina (Ituzaingó Formation) in South America. Its skull was...

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Eionaletherium

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E. tanycnemius. Eionaletherium was discovered in the Late Miocene Urumaco Formation in the Falcón State of Venezuela and described in 2015 as a species...

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Charactosuchus

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been found in the Mayoan to Montehermosan Urumaco Formation at Urumaco in Venezuela, and in the Solimões Formation in Acre State, Brazil, along with C. sansoai...

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Miocene

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Pusussaurus (Crocodyliformes, Alligatoridae) from the Upper Miocene Urumaco Formation, Venezuela" (PDF). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 4 (3): 221–232...

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Venezuela

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Yay in the Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality of Lara State, and the Urumaco Formation also in Falcón State. Two major blocs of political parties are in...

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Bolivartherium

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what is now Venezuela. Fossils have been found in the Codore and Urumaco Formations of Venezuela. The generic name, Bolivartherium, is named in honour...

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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Venezuela

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Cubagua Formation at Fossilworks.org Urumaco Formation at Fossilworks.org Linares, 2004, p.16 La Puerta Formation at Fossilworks.org El Veral Formation at...

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List of fossil sites

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which the same formation is exposed. Such sites may have separate entries if they are considered to be more notable than the formation as a whole. In...

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Urumacocnus

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Fossils have been found in the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela. The generic name, Urumacocnus, is derived from the Urumaco Formation in which its fossils have...

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Largest prehistoric animals

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croizati n. sp. (Crocodylia, Gavialidae) from the Upper Miocene Urumaco Formation, Venezuela". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 82 (2): 178–195. Bibcode:2008PalZ...

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Pisco Basin

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Peru, Chile, Bolivia Caldera Basin, Chile Cocinetas Basin, Colombia Urumaco Formation, Venezuela later publications give a younger top date Based on "DeVries...

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