Coyaima (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
- Cingulata
- Glyptodontidae
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Glyptodontidae indet.
Burmeister 1879
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Dasypodidae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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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
- Interatheriidae
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Interatheriidae indet.
(Ameghino 1887)
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Mammalia
- Astrapotheria
- Astrapotheriidae
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Astrapotheriidae indet.
Ameghino 1887
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Reptilia
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cf. Tupinambis sp.
Daudin 1802
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| U.C. 56303 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Alligatoridae
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Alligatoridae indet.
Gray 1844
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Langston 1965 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Crocodylidae
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Crocodylidae indet.
Cuvier 1807
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Langston 1965 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Sebecosuchia indet.
Colbert 1946
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Langston 1965 | |||||||||
| UCMP 44562 (tooth) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Colombia | State/province: | Tolima |
| Coordinates: | 3.8° North, 75.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.2° North, 72.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
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: | sandy,conglomeratic sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
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 Rio Saldaña; UCMP V-4411 | ||
| Database number: | 132580 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo, P. Mannion, A. Cárdenas | Enterer: | M. Vallejo, L. Mora-Rojas, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Kouvari | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-08-22 14:37:22 | Last modified: | 2020-11-30 12:16:21 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2015-08-22 14:37:22 |
| 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:
| 62634 | R. Estes. 1961. Miocene Lizards from Colombia. Breviora 1961(143):1-11 [A. Cárdenas/L. Mora-Rojas] | |
| 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] |