UCMP Locality V4534 (Miocene of Colombia)

Also known as Theosodon Villavieja

Where: Huila, Colombia (3.2° N, 75.2° W: paleocoordinates 2.6° N, 72.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Laventan mammal zone, La Victoria Formation (Honda Group), Laventan (13.8 - 11.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. Royo y Gomez in 1945; reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: R. L. Cifelli and J. Guerrero Diaz. 1997. Litopterns. In R. Kay, R.H. Madden, J.J. Flynn (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 289-302 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/L. Mora-Rojas]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 145191: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Maria Vallejo on 28.05.2013

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Theosodon sp. Ameghino 1887 placental
UCMP 38088