Duke locality 66: Laventan, Colombia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Neonematherium flabellatum
Ameghino 1904
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| Specimen n° IGM 183791 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonychidae indet.
Gervais 1855
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| Specimen n° IGM 253264 ; and IGM 184118 (The last specimen was not reported in this exact locality number, but McDonald 1997 indicates that it was taken from a level between La Venta Red Beds and Ferruginous Beds) | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Colombia | State/province: | Huila |
| Coordinates: | 3.2° North, 75.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.7° North, 72.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| 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: | Villavieja | Member: | Baraya |
| Stratigraphy comments: Unit between Ferruginous sandstone beds and La Venta Red 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: | 187972 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Cárdenas | Enterer: | L. Mora-Rojas |
| Modifier: | L. Mora-Rojas | ||
| Created: | 2017-08-19 23:47:28 | Last modified: | 2018-08-01 16:28:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-08-19 23:47:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |