Also known as Villavieja Prodolichotis; V-4522
Where: Huila, Colombia (3.2° N, 75.2° W: paleocoordinates 2.7° N, 72.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Laventan mammal zone, Villavieja Formation (Honda Group), Laventan (13.8 - 11.0 Ma)
• The Honda Group is constrained by radiometric and paleomagnetic evidence to between approximately 13.5 Ma–11.8 Ma (Flynn et al., 1996; Guerrero, 1996; Madden et al., 1996).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; claystone and sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: R. W. Fields. 1957. Hystricomorph rodents from the late Miocene of Colombia, South America. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 32:273-404 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cardenas ]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 135348: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Maria Vallejo on 23.10.2012, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Caiman neivensis" = Purussaurus neivensis3 Mook 1941 crocodilian U.C.M.P. no. 41101 (an incomplete skeleton comprising cranial and mandibular fragments, and fragmentary posteranial elements)
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"Pseudoprepotherium confusum" = Magdalenabradys confusum1
"Pseudoprepotherium confusum" = Magdalenabradys confusum1 Hirschfeld 1985 edentate Hirschfeld 1985, UCMP 38000, UCMP 38006, UCMP 38008, UCMP 37999, UCMP 41137, UCMP 38003, UCMP 37996, UCMP 37991
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