UCMP Locality V 4517: Middle Miocene, Colombia
collected by R. A. Stirton

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Primates - Pitheciidae
Cebupithecia sarmientoi Stirton and Savage 1950
"Cebupitheca sarmientoi"
Reptilia - Opisthocomiformes - Opisthocomidae
Hoazinoides magdalenae n. gen., n. sp. Miller 1953
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia State/province:Huila
Coordinates: 3.3° North, 75.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.6° North, 72.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Middle Miocene
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "Approximately 8 meters of gray clays overlying concretionary mudstone which rests on conglomerates so conspicuously exposed in the middle of the Villavieja-Cerro Gordo section"

Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray claystone
Lithology description: "Found in the [gray] clays"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Collectors:R. A. Stirton
Metadata
Also known as:La Venta; Royo no. 1999
Database number:85201
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-12-05 17:10:40 Last modified:2023-05-05 11:32:03
Access level:the public Released:2008-12-05 17:10:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
28674. A. H. Miller. 1953. A fossil hoatzin from the Miocene of Colombia. Auk 70(4):484-489 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]