Also known as La Venta Fauna
Where: Huila, Colombia (3.0° N, 75.3° W: paleocoordinates 2.4° N, 72.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by M. Rollot in 1920; reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: C. C. Mook. 1941. A new fossil crocodilian from Colombia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 91(3122):55-61 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/L. Mora-Rojas]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 143324: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 22.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Dinosuchus neivensis n. sp." = Purussaurus neivensis
"Dinosuchus neivensis n. sp." = Purussaurus neivensis Mook 1941 crocodilian USNM 10889 - type (6 vertebrae, ribs, and parts of maxilla and dentaries)
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