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
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cf. Neonematherium sp.
Ameghino 1904
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Hirschfeld 1985 | |||||||||
Ameghino 1904, UCMP 37932 | ||||||||||
Pseudoprepotherium confusum
Hirschfeld 1985
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Hirschfeld 1985 | |||||||||
recombined as Magdalenabradys confusum | ||||||||||
Hirschfeld 1985, UCMP 39595 (19 measurements) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonychinae indet.
Trouessart 1904
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Hirschfeld 1985 | |||||||||
Trouessart 1904, UCMP 77721 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Dinomyidae
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Scleromys schurmanni
Stehlin 1940
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Fields 1957 | |||||||||
UCMP 37931 | ||||||||||
Scleromys colombianus
Fields 1957
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Fields 1957 | |||||||||
UCMP 39253 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Atelidae
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Homunculus tatacoensis
Stirton 1951
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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] |