UCMP Locality V4523: Laventan, Colombia
collected by Fields R. W. 1949
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Pseudoprepotherium confusum
Hirschfeld 1985
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Hirschfeld 1985 | |||||||||
| recombined as Magdalenabradys confusum | ||||||||||
| Hirschfeld 1985 UCMP 38011, 39591, 38840, 38031, 94474, 94473, 38014 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Astrapotheria
- Astrapotheriidae
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Granastrapotherium snorki
Johnson and Madden 1997
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Johnson 1984 | |||||||||
| UCMP 38846 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Panameriungulata
- Proterotheriidae
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Prolicaphrium sanalfonensis
Cifelli and Guerrero Diaz 1997
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| recombined as Mesolicaphrium sanalfonense | ||||||||||
| UCMP 39254; UCMP 39256 (6 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Dinomyidae
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Scleromys schurmanni
Stehlin 1940
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Fields 1957 | |||||||||
| UCMP 39916 | ||||||||||
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Scleromys colombianus
Fields 1957
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Fields 1957 | |||||||||
| UCMP 40541, 40662, 38034 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Colombia | State/province: | Huila |
| Coordinates: | 3.3° North, 75.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.7° North, 72.6° 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 | 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: Fish bed | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | UCMP | ||
| Collectors: | Fields R. W. | Collection dates: | 1949 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Prolicaphrium sanalfonensis | ||
| Database number: | 145175 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo, A. Cárdenas | Enterer: | M. Vallejo, L. Mora-Rojas |
| Modifier: | L. Mora-Rojas | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-05-28 04:41:42 | Last modified: | 2017-07-14 18:54:13 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2016-05-28 04:41:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46945. | R. L. Cifelli and J. Guerrero Diaz. 1997. Litopterns. In R. Kay, R.H. Madden, J.J. Flynn (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 289-302 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/L. Mora-Rojas] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 62485 | S. Johnson. 1984. Astrapotheres from the Miocene of Colombia, South America. [A. Cárdenas/L. Mora-Rojas/L. Mora-Rojas] | |
| 50755 | R. H. Madden, J. Guerrero, R. F. Kay, J. J. Flynn, C. C. Swischer and A. H. Walton. 1997. The Laventan Stage and Age. 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 499-519 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo] |