Duke locality 54: Laventan, Colombia
collected by INGEOMINAS - Duke University 1987
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Dipnomorpha
- Lepidosirenidae
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Lepidosiren paradoxa
Fitzinger 1837
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Lundberg 1997 | |||||||||
| Specimen n° IGM 183509 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Caviidae
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Eodolichotis sp.
Walton 1990
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Walton 1990 | |||||||||
| Specimen n° IGM-DU 86-506a, IGM-DU 86-506b | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Panameriungulata
- Proterotheriidae
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Megadolodus molariformis
McKenna 1956
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Cifelli and Villarroel 1997 | |||||||||
| Specimen n° IGM 183544, 183916 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Glossotheriopsis pascuali
Scillato-Yané 1976
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McDonald 1997 | |||||||||
| Specimen n° IGM 250839 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Teiidae
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Paradracaena colombiana
(Estes 1961)
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Sullivan and Estes 1997 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Dracaena colombiana | ||||||||||
| Specimen n° IGM 183526 | ||||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Trichodactylidae
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Sylviocarcinus piriformis
(Pretzmann 1968)
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| Specimen n° IGM 183531 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Colombia | State/province: | Huila | County: | Villa Vieja |
| Coordinates: | 3.3° North, 75.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.7° North, 72.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Laventan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 13.70000 - 10.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Honda | Formation: | Villavieja | Member: | Baraya |
| Stratigraphy comments: Monkey beds | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | INGEOMINAS - Duke University | Collection dates: | 1987 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 186608 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Cárdenas | Enterer: | L. Mora-Rojas |
| Modifier: | L. Mora-Rojas | ||
| Created: | 2017-06-27 15:10:00 | Last modified: | 2018-08-01 16:53:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-06-27 15:10:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 62566. | G. Rodríguez. 1997. Trichodactylid Crabs. In R. Kay, R. Madden, R. Cifelli, J. Flynn (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene Fauna of La Venta, Colombia 63-66 [A. Cárdenas/L. Mora-Rojas] |
Secondary references:
| 46868 | R. L. Cifelli and C. Villarroel. 1997. Paleobiology and affinities of Megadolodus. In R. Kay, R. H. Madden, R. L. Cifelli, J. J. Flynn (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene Fauna of La Venta, Colombia 265-288 [C. Jaramillo/C. Suarez-Gomez] | |
| 62588 | J. Lundberg. 1997. Freshwater Fishes and their paleobiotic implications. In R. Kay, R. Madden, R. Cifelli, J. Flynn (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene Fauna from La Venta, Colombia 67-91 [A. Cárdenas/L. Mora-Rojas/P. Holroyd] | |
| 46925 | H. G. McDonald. 1997. Xenarthrans: Pilosans. In R.F. Kay, R.H. Madden, J.J. Flynn (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 233-245 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/L. Mora-Rojas] | |
| 37924 | R. M. Sullivan and R. Estes. 1997. A reassessment of the fossil Tupinambinae. 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, Columbia [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 45865 | A. H. Walton. 1990. Rodents of the La Venta Fauna, Miocene, Colombia: Biostratigraphy and Paleoenvironmentl implications. Southern Methodist University 1-147 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo] |