Duke locality 39: Laventan, Colombia
collected by INGEOMINAS - Duke University 1985 - 1991

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Dipnomorpha - Lepidosirenidae
Lepidosiren paradoxa Fitzinger 1837
Specimen n° IGM 183267
Reptilia
Colombophis portai Hoffstetter and Rage 1977
Hecht and LaDuke 1997
Specimen n° IGM 184037
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
cf. Hapalops sp. Ameghino 1887
McDonald 1997
Specimen n° IGM 183264
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia State/province:Huila County:La Victoria
Coordinates: 3.3° North, 75.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.7° North, 72.6° West
Geographic resolution:small collection
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
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:INGEOMINAS - Duke University Collection dates:1985 - 1991
Metadata
Database number:186667
Authorizer:A. Cárdenas Enterer:L. Mora-Rojas
Modifier:M. Kouvari
Created:2017-06-29 12:01:55 Last modified:2020-12-01 08:17:25
Access level:the public Released:2017-06-29 12:01:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

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]
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]