Duke locality 146: Laventan, Colombia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae
Granastrapotherium snorki Johnson and Madden 1997
Specimen n° IGM 252946
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia State/province:Huila County:Potosí
Coordinates: 3.4° North, 75.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.8° North, 72.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Laventan
Age range of interval:13.80000 - 11.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Honda Formation:La Victoria
Stratigraphy comments: Unit below Cerro Gordo Sandstone Beds - Cerro Chacarrón
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
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:188028
Authorizer:A. Cárdenas Enterer:L. Mora-Rojas
Modifier:L. Mora-Rojas
Created:2017-08-21 06:00:53 Last modified:2018-07-27 12:44:37
Access level:database members Released:2017-11-21 06:00:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]