Duke locality 42: Laventan, Colombia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Teiidae
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Paradracaena colombiana
(Estes 1961)
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original and current combination Dracaena colombiana | ||||||||||
Specimen n° IGM 183368 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonychidae indet.
Gervais 1855
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McDonald 1997 | |||||||||
Specimen n° IGM 183380 | ||||||||||
cf. Hapalops sp.
Ameghino 1887
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McDonald 1997 | |||||||||
Specimen n° IGM 183378 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Neonematherium flabellatum
Ameghino 1904
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McDonald 1997 | |||||||||
Specimen n° IGM 183333, 183342 | ||||||||||
Pseudoprepotherium confusum
Hirschfeld 1985
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McDonald 1997 | |||||||||
recombined as Magdalenabradys confusum | ||||||||||
Specimen n° IGM 183384, juvenile molariform | ||||||||||
Glossotheriopsis pascuali
Scillato-Yané 1976
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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] |