UCMP V-4520: Laventan, Colombia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Interatheriidae
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Miocochilius anomopodus
Stirton 1953
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| Interathere locality V4520 - Specimens n° 37942, 37957, 37958, 37959 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Dinomyidae
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Scleromys schurmanni
Stehlin 1940
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Fields 1957 | |||||||||
| UCMP 40514 | ||||||||||
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Scleromys colombianus
Fields 1957
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Fields 1957 | |||||||||
| UCMP 37951 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonychinae indet.
Trouessart 1904
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Hirschfeld 1985 | |||||||||
| Trouessart 1904, UCMP 37943 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Pseudoprepotherium confusum
Hirschfeld 1985
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Hirschfeld 1985 | |||||||||
| recombined as Magdalenabradys confusum | ||||||||||
| Hirschfeld 1985, UCMP 39590 | ||||||||||
| 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: | outcrop |
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 | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Monkey Unit | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | siltstone |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Interathere locality | ||
| Database number: | 187078 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Cárdenas | Enterer: | L. Mora-Rojas |
| Modifier: | L. Mora-Rojas | ||
| Created: | 2017-07-12 16:19:53 | Last modified: | 2018-08-01 16:45:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-07-12 16:19:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43342. | R. A. Stirton. 1953. A new genus of interatheres from the Miocene of Colombia. California University Department of Geological Sciences B 29(6):265-347 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |