Duke locality 40 - La Venta: Laventan, Colombia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Colubroidea indet. Oppel 1811
Hecht and LaDuke 1997
Specimen n° IGM 183296
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Neonematherium flabellatum Ameghino 1904
McDonald 1997
Specimen n° IGM 183292, 183294
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonychidae indet. Gervais 1855
McDonald 1997
Specimen n° IGM 184385
cf. Hapalops sp. Ameghino 1887
McDonald 1997
Specimen n° IGM 184370, 184369
Dipnomorpha - Lepidosirenidae
Lepidosiren paradoxa Fitzinger 1837
Lundberg 1997
Specimen n° IGM 184382, 184097
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Callitrichtyidae
cf. Hoplosternum sp. Lundberg 1997
Lundberg 1997
Specimen n° IGM 184375
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Trichodactylidae
Sylviocarcinus piriformis (Pretzmann 1968)
Specimen n° IGM 184391
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia State/province:Huila County:La Victoria
Coordinates: 3.3° North, 75.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.8° 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:La Victoria
Stratigraphy comments: Unit between Cerro Gordo Ss. Beds and Chunchullo Ss. Beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:186630
Authorizer:A. Cárdenas Enterer:L. Mora-Rojas
Modifier:L. Mora-Rojas
Created:2017-06-28 10:17:57 Last modified:2018-08-01 16:50:04
Access level:authorizer only Released:2017-12-28 10:17:57
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:

62615 M. Hecht and T. LaDuke. 1997. Limbless Tetrapods. In R. Kay, R. Madden, R. Cifelli, J. Flynn (eds.), Vertebrate paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia [A. Cárdenas/L. Mora-Rojas]
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]