1. Preface (Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra). 2. Decapod Crustaceans from the Lower Miocene of North-Western Venezuela (Cerro La Cruz, Castillo Formation) (Rodney M. Feldmann and Carrie E. Schweitzer). 3. Fossil Serrasalmine Fishes (Teleostei: Characiformes) from the Lower Miocene of North-Western Venezuela (Wasila M. Dahdul). 4. Amphi-American Neogene Sea Catfishes (Siluriformes, Ariidae) from Northern South America (Orangel Aguilera and Dione Rodrigues De Aguilera). 5. New Miocene Otolity-Based Sciaenid Species (Pisces, Perciformes) from Venezuela (Orangel Aguilera and Dione Rodrigues De Aguilera). 6. A Gavialoid Crocodylian from the Lower Miocene of Venezuela (Christopher A. Brochu and Ascanio D. Rincon). 7. Early Miocene Astrapotheres (Mammalia) from Northern South America (Eleanor M. Weston, Richard H. Madden and Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra). 8. A Fragmentary Odontocete Cranium from the Lower Miocene of Venezuela (Maureen Al O'Leary). 9. New Faunal Reports for the Cerro La Cruz Locality (Lower Miocene), North-Western Venezuela (Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra, Robert J. Asher, Ascanio D. Rincon, Alfredo A. Carlini, Peter Meylan and Robert W. Purdy).

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