Carmen de Apicala; UCMP V-4420: Laventan, Colombia
collected by J.Royo y Gomez 1945
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Astrapotheria
- Astrapotheriidae
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Granastrapotherium snorki
Johnson and Madden 1997
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Johnson 1984 | |||||||||
| UCMP 39016, 38976 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Alligatoridae
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Alligatoridae indet.
Gray 1844
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Reptilia
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Eocaiman sp.
Simpson 1933
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| U.C.M.P. no. 39023 (anterior end of left dentary) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Colombia | State/province: | Tolima |
| Coordinates: | 4.1° North, 74.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.6° North, 72.2° 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 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 13.70000 - 10.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Honda |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Lithology description: Thin conglomerate with small clay balls near top of lower sandstone mbr | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | J.Royo y Gomez | Collection dates: | 1945 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 143782 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, A. Cárdenas | Enterer: | P. Mannion, L. Mora-Rojas |
| Modifier: | J. Carrillo | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-04-25 22:41:13 | Last modified: | 2018-08-14 04:43:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-25 22:41:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 62485 | S. Johnson. 1984. Astrapotheres from the Miocene of Colombia, South America. [A. Cárdenas/L. Mora-Rojas/L. Mora-Rojas] |