Duke locality 26 (Miocene of Colombia)

Where: Huila, Colombia (3.3° N, 75.1° W: paleocoordinates 2.7° N, 72.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: La Victoria Formation (Honda Group), Laventan (13.8 - 11.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

• IGM 253295, symphyseal premaxillary tooth, 2.3mm in overall heigth - cf. Leporinus

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 186679: authorized by Andrés Cárdenas, entered by Laura Mora-Rojas on 29.06.2017

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
  - Mylodontidae
"Pseudoprepotherium confusum" = Magdalenabradys confusum
"Pseudoprepotherium confusum" = Magdalenabradys confusum Hirschfeld 1985 edentate
Specimen n° IGM 250392
Actinopteri
 Characiformes - Anostomidae
cf. Leporinus sp. Lundberg 1997
Specimen n° IGM 253295