UCMP Locality V4534 : Laventan, Colombia
collected by R. W. Fields, Henao-Londoño 1949

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
cf. Neonematherium sp. Ameghino 1904
Hirschfeld 1985
Ameghino 1904, UCMP 37932
Pseudoprepotherium confusum Hirschfeld 1985
Hirschfeld 1985
recombined as Magdalenabradys confusum
Hirschfeld 1985, UCMP 39595 (19 measurements)
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonychinae indet. Trouessart 1904
Hirschfeld 1985
Trouessart 1904, UCMP 77721
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dinomyidae
Scleromys schurmanni Stehlin 1940
Fields 1957
UCMP 37931
Scleromys colombianus Fields 1957
Fields 1957
UCMP 39253
Mammalia - Primates - Atelidae
Homunculus tatacoensis Stirton 1951
synonym of Stirtonia tatacoensis
Stirton 1951 Type UCMP 38989
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia State/province:Huila County:Villavieja
Coordinates: 3.3° North, 75.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.7° North, 72.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Laventan Mammal zone: Laventan
Age range of interval:13.80000 - 11.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Honda Formation:La Victoria
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,red claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Motley gray to red clay between conglomerate members
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Abundance in sediment:few
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:1 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Collectors:R. W. Fields, Henao-Londoño Collection dates:1949
Metadata
Also known as:Homunculus Villavieja
Database number:133689
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo, A. Cárdenas Enterer:M. Vallejo, L. Mora-Rojas
Modifier:M. Kouvari Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-09-25 04:02:10 Last modified:2020-11-30 12:35:23
Access level:group members Released:2015-09-25 04:02:10
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

43079. R. A. Stirton. 1951. Ceboid monkeys from the Miocene of Colombia. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 28(11):315-356 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas]

Secondary references:

46924 G. Edmund and J. Theodor. 1997. A new giant Pampatheriid Armadillo. In R. F. Kay, R. H. Madden, J. J. Flynn. (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 226-233 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas]
43121 R. W. Fields. 1957. Hystricomorph rodents from the late Miocene of Colombia, South America. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 32:273-404 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas]
45203 S. E. Hirschfeld. 1985. Ground sloths from the Friasian La Venta fauna, with additions to the pre-Frasian Coyaima fauna of Colombia, South America. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 128:1-91 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas]
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]