Boreostemma IGM p183947: Laventan, Colombia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Glyptodontidae
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Boreostemma acostae
(Villarroel 1983)
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| Specimens n° IGM p183947, IGM p809901 | ||||||||||
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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: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Stratigraphic level between Monkey Beds and Fish Beds | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | siltstone |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Abundance in sediment: | common |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 188264 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Cárdenas | Enterer: | L. Mora-Rojas |
| Modifier: | L. Mora-Rojas | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-08-27 00:10:31 | Last modified: | 2018-07-27 12:29:26 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-08-27 00:10:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 47321. | A. E. Zurita, L. R. González Ruiz, A. J. Gómez-Cruz and J. E. Arenas-Mosquera. 2013. The most complete known Neogene Glyptodontidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) from northern South America: taxonomic, paleobiogeographic, and phylogenetic implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(3):696-708 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas] |