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Urumaco is a town in Falcón State, Venezuela, which is of world importance for its fossils. The arid climate of the region means that the fossils are not hidden by vegetation. They noticed by geologists looking for oil (which is abundant in some parts of Venezuela). Since 2000 there has been a museum in the town, el Museo [1] Paleontologico de Urumaco.
The largest turtle ever to have existed was found here in the 1970s by researchers from Harvard University. More recently publicity has been attracted by discoveries of the giant rodent Phoberomys pattersoni from the Miocene epoch. External links Estado Falcón is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided. The state capital is Coro. Falcón State covers a total surface area of 24,800 km² and, in 2007, had an estimated population of 901,500. ..... Click the link for more information. Motto [2] Anthem Gloria al Bravo Pueblo (Spanish) "Glory to the Brave People" ..... Click the link for more information. 20th century - 21st century 1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s 1997 1998 1999 - 2000 - 2001 2002 2003 2000 by topic: News by month Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun ..... Click the link for more information. Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ..... Click the link for more information. Phoberomys Species: P. pattersoni Binomial name Phoberomys pattersoni (Mones, 1980) Synonyms Dabbenea pattersoni ..... Click the link for more information. The Miocene Epoch is a period of time that extends from about 23.03 to 5.332 million years before the present. As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the start and end are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the period are uncertain. ..... Click the link for more information. geographic coordinate system enables every location on the earth to be specified by the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ..... Click the link for more information. This article is copied from an article on Wikipedia® - the free encyclopedia created and edited by online user community. The text was not checked or edited by anyone on our staff. Although the vast majority of the Wikipedia® encyclopedia articles provide accurate and timely information please do not assume the accuracy of any particular article. This article is distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The comparatively young 126-year-old museum of science negotiated Uruma's return to Venezuela, where Harvard researchers discovered her in the Urumaco desert in 1972. |
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