Duke Locality 40 (Miocene of Colombia)

Also known as IGM 183297 (Paradracaena columbiana)

Where: Colombia (3.3° N, 75.1° W: paleocoordinates 2.7° N, 72.6° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: La Victoria Formation (Honda Group), Laventan (13.8 - 11.8 Ma)

• Note: This collection had a Friasian age but this must be the Friasian sensu lato, that includes the Friasian sensu stricto, Mayoan and Laventan. La Victoria formation is now considered of Laventan age (Flynn et al., 1997).

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: IGM collection

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117981: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 29.09.2011, edited by Maria Vallejo

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
  - Mylodontidae
Neonematherium flabellatum2 Ameghino 1904 edentate
IGM 184373
Glossotheriopsis pascuali2 Scillato-Yané 1976 edentate
IGM 184354
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Micoureus laventicus1 Marshall 1976 woolly mouse opossum
IGM 184336
Reptilia
 Squamata - Teiidae
Paradracaena columbiana squamates
IGM 183297 (partial skeleton)