Duke locality 132: Laventan, Colombia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Teiidae
Paradracaena colombiana (Estes 1961)
original and current combination Dracaena colombiana
Specimen n° IGM 251105
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Neonematherium flabellatum Ameghino 1904
McDonald 1997
Specimen n° IGM 251218
Glossotheriopsis pascuali Scillato-Yané 1976
McDonald 1997
Specimen n° IGM 251213
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Leontiniidae
Huilatherium pluripicatum Villarroel and Guerrero Diaz 1985
Villarroel and Colwell Danis 1997
Specimen n° IGM 251207
Mammalia - Sparassodonta - Hondadelphidae
Hondadelphidae indet. Marshall et al. 1989
Goin 1997
Specimen n° IGM 251215
Mammalia - Sparassodonta - Borhyaenidae
Borhyaenidae indet. Savage 1951
Goin 1997
Thylacosmilidae? fam. et gen. incertae sedis Specimen n° IGM 251108
Mammalia - Didelphimorphia
Marmosini indet. Reig et al. 1987
Goin 1997
Specimen n° IGM 251214
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
Age range of interval:13.70000 - 10.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Honda Formation:La Victoria
Stratigraphy comments: Unit above Chunchullo Ss. Beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:187949
Authorizer:A. Cárdenas Enterer:L. Mora-Rojas
Modifier:L. Mora-Rojas
Created:2017-08-18 16:34:17 Last modified:2018-08-01 16:34:11
Access level:the public Released:2017-08-18 16:34:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

37924. R. M. Sullivan and R. Estes. 1997. A reassessment of the fossil Tupinambinae. 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, Columbia [R. Benson/R. Benson]

Secondary references:

46863 F. J. Goin. 1997. New clues for understanding Neogene marsupial radiation. In R. F. Kay, R. H. Madden, J. J. Flynn. (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 187-206 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas]
46925 H. G. McDonald. 1997. Xenarthrans: Pilosans. In R.F. Kay, R.H. Madden, J.J. Flynn (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 233-245 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/L. Mora-Rojas]
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]