Where: Colombia (3.3° N, 75.1° W: paleocoordinates 2.7° N, 72.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: La Victoria Formation (Honda Group), Laventan (13.8 - 11.0 Ma)
• Unit directly below Tatacoa Sandstone Beds
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•Note: Initially, this collection had Group: Huila and formation: La Victoria. Now, La Victoria formation is considered part of the Honda group. Flynn et al., 1997 dated the Honda group and found that the monkey beds belong to the Villavieja formation, Baraya member and have an age of apr. 12.5Ma.
•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 is considered of Laventan age now.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; mudstone
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 13757: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 23.04.2002, edited by Laura Mora-Rojas
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Asterostemma gigantea" = Boreostemma gigantea
"Asterostemma gigantea" = Boreostemma gigantea Carlini et al. 1997 glyptodon | |
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