Pubenza 3, Corte 8 (Pleistocene of Colombia)

Where: Cundinamarca, Colombia (4.4° N, 74.7° W: paleocoordinates 4.4° N, 74.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; claystone

• All fossil vertebrates were found in a colluvial deposit composed of gray paleosoils rich in clay, plant remains, gypsum, volcanic ash and peat.

Size class: macrofossils

• Bone with incisions: MGNJRG‐C27‐AB‐5‐6, corresponds to a bone fragment, potentially from a mammal.

•Potential flakes: MGNJRG‐C17‐ST‐3‐4, white chert potential flake fragment.

Collected by M. Páramo‐Fonseca et al. in 2003-2004, 2019

• M1MP, Museo Geológico José Royo y Gómez, paleontological collection INGEOMINAS (Instituto Colombiano de Geología y Mineria), Bogotá, Colombia

•ICN, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia

Primary reference: E. Cadena, C. M. Jaramillo, and M. Paramo. 2008. The first Late Pleistocene record of Kinosternon (Cryptodira: Kinosternidae) turtles from northern South America, Pubenza locality, Colombia. South American Journal of Herpetology 2(3):201-205 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 190375: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 06.12.2017

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
cf. Protopolybia sp.1
MGNJRG‐C27‐CD‐5‐6, an almost complete nest; MGNJRG‐C30‐AB‐7‐8, an inferior part of nest; MGNJRG‐C30‐EF‐5‐6, a nest fragment; UR‐CP‐0035 a complete nest.
Magnoliophyta indet.1 Cronquist et al.
MGNJRG‐C21‐YZ‐9‐1 a single isolated seed; MGNJRG‐C23‐AB‐1‐2‐3‐4 a single isolated seed; MGNJRG‐C24‐UV‐1‐2 a single isolated seed; MGNJRG‐C24‐ WX‐7‐8 a single isolated seed; MGNJRG‐C24‐YZ‐1‐2 and MGNJRG‐C27‐GH‐1‐2, four isolated seeds.
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
mentioned as gastropods
Crustacea
 Crustacea -
Crustacea indet. crustacean
mentioned as crabs
Life
  -
Myriapoda indet.1
MGNJRG‐C17‐CD‐3‐4, a nearly complete exoskeleton.
Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent
MGNJRG‐C31‐AB‐3‐4, an isolate incisor
 Rodentia -
Caviomorpha indet.1 caviomorph
MGNJRG‐C19‐ST‐3‐4, distal portion of left radius; MGNJRG‐C27‐GH‐1‐2, metapodial (right Mtt III?); MGNJRG‐C31‐UV‐1‐2, proximal fragment of left tibia.
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet.1 Gray 1821 deer
MGNJRG‐C26‐QR‐1‐2, an isolated molar.
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodon sp.2 Owen 1839 glyptodon
ICNPubA1 210-223, ICN-Pub07(01) 210-220, ICN-PubD 210- 220, ICN-Pub 84 153, ICN-Pub 84 163
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypodidae indet. armadillo
mentioned as armadillos
Dasypus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 armadillo
MGNJRG‐C23‐ EF‐1‐2, buckler osteoderm; MGNJRG‐C24‐QR‐3‐4, osteoderm of the caudal sheath.
Propraopus sulcatus1 Lund 1838 armadillo
Isolated osteoderms unassociated. MGNJRG‐C19‐ST‐3‐4, buckler osteoderm; MGNJRG‐C17‐V‐1‐2, buckler osteoderm; MGNJRG‐C22‐AB‐5, buckler osteoderm; MGNJRG‐C24‐YZ‐7‐8, movable osteoderm (broken, the anterior portion of the osteoderm is lost); MGNJRG‐C23‐GH‐1‐2, osteoderm of the caudal sheath; MGNJRG‐C17‐CD‐3‐4, osteoderm of the caudal sheath; MGNJRG‐C24‐ST‐3‐4 osteoderm of the caudal sheath
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Megatherium sp. Cuvier 1796 edentate
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
"Haplomastodon waringi" = Notiomastodon platensis
"Haplomastodon waringi" = Notiomastodon platensis Ameghino 1888 gomphothere
Reptilia
 Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Kinosternon sp. von Spix 1824 mud turtle
MGNJRG‐C17‐QR‐3‐4, a left peripheral 8; MGNJRG‐C26‐EF‐9‐10, a left costal 5; MGNJRG‐C27‐CD‐ 1‐2, neural 2?; MGNJRG‐C25‐EF‐3‐4, neural 4?; MGNJRGC27‐ GH‐1‐2, a left humerus; MGNJRG‐C26‐ST‐1‐2, a pygal bone; MGNJRG‐C20‐YZ‐5‐6, a right hypoplastron; and MGNJRG‐C26‐WX‐1‐2, a left hypoplastron.
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Chelonoidis sp.1 Fitzinger 1835 turtle
MGNJRG‐C26‐EF‐9‐10, a left epiplastron; MGNJRG‐C24‐ZonaB, a right costal 4? fragment; MGNJRG‐C27‐CD‐5‐6, a hypoplastron? fragment; MGNJRGC23‐ GH‐1‐2, a right xiphiplastron.
 Squamata -
Squamata indet.1 squamates
MGNJRG‐C23‐AB‐1‐2‐3‐4, an isolated vertebra, MGNJRG‐C20‐WX‐5‐6, an isolated vertebral centrum
 Squamata - Crotalidae
"Crotalinae indet." = Crotalidae1
"Crotalinae indet." = Crotalidae1 Oppel 1811 pit viper
MGNJRG‐C20‐WX‐5‐6, a precloacal viperid vertebra.
Aves
 Cuculiformes - Cuculidae
Crotophaginae indet.1 Swainson 1837 cuckoo
MGNJRG‐C27‐GH‐1‐2, a proximal and distal end portion of right humerus