Between Neiva and the River Bache (Miocene of Colombia)

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

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
"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)