Ferruginous Sandstone Locality, UCMP V5045: Laventan, Colombia
collected by Savage, D.E. 1950
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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cf. Rhamphostomopsis sp.
Rusconi 1933
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Langston 1965 | |||||||||
U.C.M.P. no. 40062 (mandible) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Pseudoprepotherium confusum n. sp.
Hirschfeld 1985
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recombined as Magdalenabradys confusum | ||||||||||
UCMP 39957 - type (39 measurements) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Astrapotheria
- Astrapotheriidae
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Granastrapotherium snorki
Johnson and Madden 1997
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Johnson 1984 | |||||||||
UCMP 40044 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Trichechidae
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Potamosiren magdalenensis
Savage 1951
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Domning 1997 | |||||||||
UCMP 104979 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Colombia | State/province: | Huila |
Coordinates: | 3.3° North, 75.1° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 2.7° North, 72.6° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
Key time interval: | Laventan | Mammal zone: | Laventan |
Age range of interval: | 13.80000 - 11.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Honda | Formation: | Villavieja |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | ferruginous,yellow sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,survey of museum collection | ||
Collection size: | 1 specimens | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | UCMP | ||
Collectors: | Savage, D.E. | Collection dates: | Jun 1950 |
Metadata
Also known as: | V-5045; 9 km E of Villavieja and 2.5 km NE of Hacienda Argentina | ||
Database number: | 140051 | ||
Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo, P. Mannion, A. Cárdenas | Enterer: | M. Vallejo, P. Mannion, L. Mora-Rojas |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2013-02-28 04:33:25 | Last modified: | 2020-10-08 06:22:33 |
Access level: | group members | Released: | 2016-02-28 04:33:25 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |
Secondary references:
46972 | D. P. Domning. 1997. Sirenia. In R. F. Kay, R. H. Madden, J. J. Flynn. (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 383-391 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas] | |
62485 | S. Johnson. 1984. Astrapotheres from the Miocene of Colombia, South America. [A. Cárdenas/L. Mora-Rojas/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] | |
74046 | A. D. Rincón and H. G. McDonald. 2020. Reexamination of the Relationship of Pseudoprepotherium Hoffstetter, 1961, to the Mylodont Ground Sloths (Xenarthra) from the Miocene of Northern South America. Revista Geológica de América Central 63:1-20 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |