Also known as IGM 183912
Where: Huila, Colombia (3.3° N, 75.2° W: paleocoordinates 2.7° N, 72.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: La Victoria Formation (Honda Group), Laventan (13.8 - 11.0 Ma)
• "...A level between the Chunchullo Sandstone Beds and the Tatacoa Sandstone Beds..."
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•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).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone and mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: coprolite
Collection methods: Includes numerous isolated dorsal carapace scutes, one from caudal tube
Primary reference: A. A. Carlini, S. F. Vizcaino, and G. J. Scillato-Yane. 1997. Armored Xenarthrans: A unique taxonomic and ecologic assemblage. Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics; The Miocene Fauna of La Venta, Colombia (R. F. Kay, R. H. Madden, R. L. Cifelli, and J. J. Flynn, eds.; Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington) [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/L. Mora-Rojas]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 13650: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 16.04.2002, edited by Laura Mora-Rojas
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Nanoastegotherium prostatum n. gen. n. sp.
Nanoastegotherium prostatum n. gen. n. sp. Carlini et al. 1997 armadillo |