Also known as IGM 184703

Where: Colombia (3.3° N, 75.2° W: paleocoordinates 2.7° N, 72.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Baraya Member (Villavieja Formation), Laventan (13.8 - 11.0 Ma)

• Note: Flynn et al., 1997 dated the Honda group and found that the monkey beds belong to the Villavieja formation, Baraya member and have an age of apr. 12.5Ma. This is considered of Laventan age.

•This collection was set as Friasian in age but here it must be the Friasian sensu lato, that includes the Friasian sensu stricto, Mayoan and Laventan.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; gray, green mudstone and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: coprolite

Collection methods: "isolated scutes"

Primary reference: A. A. Carlini, S. F. Vizcaino, and G. J. Scillato-Yane. 1997. Armored Xenarthrans: A unique taxonomic and ecologic assemblage. Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics; The Miocene Fauna of La Venta, Colombia (R. F. Kay, R. H. Madden, R. L. Cifelli, and J. J. Flynn, eds.; Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington) [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/L. Mora-Rojas]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13653: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 16.04.2002, edited by Laura Mora-Rojas

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