UCMP Locality V4412: Laventan, Colombia
collected by 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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| Gervais 1855 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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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 |
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 | Formation: | Villavieja |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray sandstone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | UCMP | ||
| Collectors: | J. Royo y Gomez | Collection dates: | 1944 |
| Taxonomic list comments:Locality details from University of California Museum of Paleontology database. | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 140179 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | M. Vallejo |
| Modifier: | L. Mora-Rojas | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-03-05 03:50:51 | Last modified: | 2017-08-09 17:11:29 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2016-03-05 03:50:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |