The
holotype (and so far only known) specimen was found in a cave called
Cueva de los Huesos (meaning "Bone Cave") on
Cerro Pintado, a mountain found in the
Serranía del Perijá range of the
Andes, in the extreme northernmost part of the
Sierra de Perijá National Park on the border between Venezuela and
Colombia at an altitude of . The various known pieces of the skeleton were recovered in two expeditions to the cave in 1993 and 1997. The specimen was found in a scattered condition, with some bones being damaged, notably the skull was missing the left
Squamosal bone. The specimen is currently known from the aforementioned skull, both a right and left
humerus, a left
ulna, two
thoracic vertebrae, a complete
rib and three rib fragments. There is apparently more of the specimen left in-situ in the cave. The age of the specimen was found to be approximately 17,300
Cal BP == Distribution and habitat ==