PBDB Collection

Toxodont Locality; UCMP V4519: Laventan, Colombia
collected by R. W. Fields and R. A. Stirton 1945 1949

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Reptilia

	Charactosuchus fieldsi n. gen., n. sp. Langston 1965	Langston 1965
	U.C.M.P. no. 39646 - holotype (mandible); referred specimen: U.C.M.P. no. 37093 (partial mandible)
Reptilia - Alligatoridae

	Alligatoridae indet. Gray 1844	Langston 1965
Mammalia - Sparassodonta - Hondadelphidae

	Hondadelphys fieldsi Marshall 1976	Marshall 1976
	UCMP 39251
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae

	Miocochilius anomopodus Stirton 1953	Stirton 1953
	UCMP 37905, UCMP 37926, UCMP 39246
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Leontiniidae

	Huilatherium pluripicatum Villarroel and Guerrero Diaz 1985	Villarroel and Colwell Danis 1997
	UCMP 37938; UCMP 37988, UCMP 38996
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae

	Pericotoxodon platignathus Madden 1997	Madden 1997
	UCMP 39632; UCMP 39631
Mammalia - Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae

	Granastrapotherium snorki Johnson and Madden 1997	Johnson and Madden 1997
	UCMP 39635
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dinomyidae

	Olenopsis aequatorialis (Anthony 1922)
	original and current combination Drytomomys aequatorialis
	Anthony 1922 UCMP 41636, 39969, 40055, 39898, 39653 (92 measurements)

	Scleromys colombianus Fields 1957
	Fields 1957 - Specimen 37927, 40549, 40550 (12 measurements)

	Scleromys schurmanni Stehlin 1940
	UCMP 39894, UCMP 40551
Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae

	Prodolichotis pridiana Fields 1957	Walton 1990
	UCMP 38761

	Prodolichotis guerreroi Walton 1990	Walton 1990
	Walton 1990 UCMP 39901
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae

	Scirrotherium hondaensis Edmund and Theodor 1997	Edmund and Theodor 1997
	UCMP 40056 (right mandible);UCMP 37924 (osteodrem)
Mammalia - Mylodontidae

	Pseudoprepotherium confusum Hirschfeld 1985	Hirschfeld 1985
	recombined as Magdalenabradys confusum
	Hirschfeld 1985, UCMP 39585, 39950
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:	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: Monkey Unit (Fields 1959) The Honda Group is constrained by radiometric and paleomagnetic evidence to between approximately 13.5 Ma–11.8 Ma (Flynn et al., 1996; Guerrero, 1996; Madden et al., 1996).

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	gray claystone
Lithology description: Gray claystone
Environment:	terrestrial indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	macrofossils,mesofossils
Abundance in sediment:	few
Fragmentation:	frequent

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:	UCMP
Collectors:	R. W. Fields and R. A. Stirton	Collection dates:	1945 and 1949

Metadata

Also known as:	Scleromys Villavieja
Database number:	134806
Authorizer:	C. Jaramillo, P. Mannion, A. Cárdenas	Enterer:	M. Vallejo, P. Mannion, L. Mora-Rojas
Modifier:	G. Varnham	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2012-10-17 03:20:41	Last modified:	2022-02-14 10:52:55
Access level:	group members	Released:	2015-10-17 03:20:41
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

43121.

R. W. Fields. 1957. Hystricomorph rodents from the late Miocene of Colombia, South America. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 32:273-404 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas]

Secondary references:

46924		G. Edmund and J. Theodor. 1997. A new giant Pampatheriid Armadillo. In R. F. Kay, R. H. Madden, J. J. Flynn. (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 226-233 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas]
45203		S. E. Hirschfeld. 1985. Ground sloths from the Friasian La Venta fauna, with additions to the pre-Frasian Coyaima fauna of Colombia, South America. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 128:1-91 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas]
43668		S. E. Johnson and R. H. Madden. 1997. Uruguaytheriine Astrapotheres of Tropical South America. 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, Colombia 355-382 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/L. Mora-Rojas]
46538		W. Langston. 1965. Fossil crocodilians from Colombia and the Cenozoic history of the Crocodilia in South America. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 52:1-169 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]
46970		R. H. Madden. 1997. A new Toxodontid Notoungulate. In R. F. Kay, R. H. Madden, J. J. Flynn. (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 335-354 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas]
43580		L. G. Marshall. 1976. New Didelphine Marsupials from the La Venta Fauna (Miocene) of Colombia, South America. Journal of Paleontology 50(3):402-418 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas]
43342		R. A. Stirton. 1953. A new genus of interatheres from the Miocene of Colombia. California University Department of Geological Sciences B 29(6):265-347 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas]
46952		C. Villarroel and J. Colwell Danis. 1997. New Leontiniid Notoungulate. In R. F. Kay, R. H. Madden, J. J. Flynn. (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 303-318 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas]
45865		A. H. Walton. 1990. Rodents of the La Venta Fauna, Miocene, Colombia: Biostratigraphy and Paleoenvironmentl implications. Southern Methodist University 1-147 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo]