V5046 (Miocene of Colombia)

Also known as Astrapothere- La Venta Locality

Where: Huila, Colombia (3.2° N, 75.2° W: paleocoordinates 2.6° N, 72.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: La Victoria Formation (Honda Group), Laventan (13.8 - 11.0 Ma)

• El Libano

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Johnson. 1984. Astrapotheres from the Miocene of Colombia, South America. [A. Cardenas /L. Mora-Rojas/L. Mora-Rojas]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 187720: authorized by Andrés Cárdenas, entered by Laura Mora-Rojas on 08.08.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae
Granastrapotherium snorki Johnson and Madden 1997 placental
UCMP 40193, 40195, 40102