Carmen de Apicala (Neogene): Laventan, Colombia
collected by R. A. Stirton, J.Royo y Gomez, 1944
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonychidae indet.
Gervais 1855
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Dinomyidae
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Scleromys sp.
Ameghino 1887
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Toxodontidae
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Toxodontidae indet.
Ameghino 1889
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| Owen 1837 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Homalodontotheridae
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? Homalodontotherium indet.
Huxley 1870
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Mammalia
- Astrapotheria
- Astrapotheriidae
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? Xenastrapotherium indet.
Kraglievich 1928
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Reptilia
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Eusuchia indet.
Huxley 1875
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Geography
| Country: | Colombia | State/province: | Tolima |
| Coordinates: | 4.1° North, 74.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.6° North, 72.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Laventan | Mammal zone: | Laventan |
| Age range of interval: | 13.70000 - 10.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Honda |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray poorly lithified argillaceous,conglomeratic claystone |
| Lithology description: “Alternancia de areniscas y arcillolitas; pero aquellas (areniscas) son grises, más o menos pardas, y más o menos coherentes, en estratificación cruzada y ondulada, a veces conglomeráticas y con concreciones silíceas grandes redondeadas y en lajas, mientras que las arcillas son predominantemente rojas y más o menos sabulosas.” | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera,species names | ||
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | R. A. Stirton, J.Royo y Gomez, | Collection dates: | 1944 |
| Taxonomic list comments:A further description of the fossils is made by R. A. Stirton in 1953 | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Tertiary Melgar Basin; UCMP V-4418 | ||
| Database number: | 132559 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Vallejo, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | J. Carrillo | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-08-22 05:27:40 | Last modified: | 2014-04-14 14:29:30 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2015-08-22 05:27:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42295. | J. Royo y Gomez. 1945. Los vertebrados del Terciario continental de Colombia. Revista Colombiana de ciencias exactas, físicas y naturales 6(24):496-512 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo] |
Secondary references:
| 46538 | W. Langston. 1965. Fossil crocodilians from Colombia and the Cenozoic history of the Crocodilia in South America. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 52:1-169 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano] | |
| 50755 | R. H. Madden, J. Guerrero, R. F. Kay, J. J. Flynn, C. C. Swischer and A. H. Walton. 1997. The Laventan Stage and Age. In R.F. Kay, R.H. Madden, R.L. Cifelli, J.J. Flynn (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta 499-519 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo] |