Where: Huila, Colombia (3.2° N, 75.2° W: paleocoordinates 2.6° N, 72.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Laventan mammal zone, Cerro Colorado Member (Villavieja Formation), Laventan (13.8 - 11.0 Ma)
• El Cardón Red Beds
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
• IGM 250484, three partial tail stings, two proximal pieces lacking serrated edges (10—15 mm overall length), one distal serrated piece (15 mm overall length; fig. 5.2B) from Duke Locality 32 - Potamotrygonidae
•IGM 183102 - Lepidosiren paradoxa
Collected by INGEOMINAS - Duke University in 1985 - 1991
Primary reference: J. Lundberg. 1997. Freshwater Fishes and their paleobiotic implications. In R. Kay, R. Madden, R. Cifelli, J. Flynn (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene Fauna from La Venta, Colombia 67-91 [A. Cardenas /L. Mora-Rojas/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 186639: authorized by Andrés Cárdenas, entered by Laura Mora-Rojas on 28.06.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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