Where: Colombia (3.3° N, 75.2° W: paleocoordinates 2.7° N, 72.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Baraya Member (Villavieja Formation), Laventan (13.8 - 11.0 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. The lower Villavieja formation (Baraya member) is considered of Laventan age now and the upper Villavieja formation is considered Laventan-Mayoan in age (Flynn et al., 1997).

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•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).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; gray, green mudstone and gray, green sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

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 13749: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 23.04.2002, edited by Roger Benson, Maria Vallejo, Philip Mannion and Laura Mora-Rojas

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