Where: Guajira, Colombia (11.1° N, 72.6° W: paleocoordinates 8.5° N, 59.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: middle segment Member (Cerrejón Formation), Middle Paleocene to Middle Paleocene (61.7 - 55.8 Ma)
• middle–late Paleocene (58–60 Ma) based on correlations using pollen and spores (Jaramillo et al., 2007)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; claystone and coal
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
• UF/IGM collection (University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Paleontology Collections, Gainesville, Florida/Museo Geológico José Royo y Gómez at the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones en Geociencias, Mineria y Quimica, Bogotá, Colombia)
Primary reference: E. A. Cadena, J. I. Bloch, and C. A. Jaramillo. 2012. New bothremydid turtle (Testudines, Pleurodira) from the Paleocene of Northeastern Colombia. Journal of Paleontology 86(4):688-698 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 132013: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 05.08.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Puentemys mushaisaensis Cadena et al. 2012 sideneck turtle UF/IGM 50-64 were reported from claystone layers under Coal Seams 40, 85, 90, and 115. But specific horizon data was not given for each specimen
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Acherontisuchus guajiraensis n. gen. n. sp.
Acherontisuchus guajiraensis n. gen. n. sp. Hastings et al. 2011 crocodilian Holotype, UF ⁄ IGM 34, a mostly complete mandible including left and right dentaries, splenials, 14 partial mandibular teeth, right surangular, and four maxillary fragments, four partial teeth, and two partial ribs
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