Duke locality 42: Laventan, Colombia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Teiidae
Paradracaena colombiana (Estes 1961)
original and current combination Dracaena colombiana
Specimen n° IGM 183368
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonychidae indet. Gervais 1855
McDonald 1997
Specimen n° IGM 183380
cf. Hapalops sp. Ameghino 1887
McDonald 1997
Specimen n° IGM 183378
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Neonematherium flabellatum Ameghino 1904
McDonald 1997
Specimen n° IGM 183333, 183342
Pseudoprepotherium confusum Hirschfeld 1985
McDonald 1997
recombined as Magdalenabradys confusum
Specimen n° IGM 183384, juvenile molariform
Glossotheriopsis pascuali Scillato-Yané 1976
McDonald 1997
Specimen n° IGM 183384, right upper fifth molariform
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
Age range of interval:13.70000 - 10.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Honda Formation:La Victoria
Stratigraphy comments: Unit below Chunchullo Ss. Beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:187945
Authorizer:A. Cárdenas Enterer:L. Mora-Rojas
Modifier:L. Mora-Rojas
Created:2017-08-18 15:30:34 Last modified:2018-08-01 16:35:23
Access level:the public Released:2017-08-18 15:30:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

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]