Where: Huila, Colombia (3.2° N, 75.2° W: paleocoordinates 2.6° N, 72.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Villavieja Formation (Honda Group), Laventan (13.8 - 11.0 Ma)
• The Honda Group exposed in La Venta consists of three formations: the Cervatana, Villavieja and Las Mesitas Formations (in ascending order). Most of the primate and other mammalian fossils have been obtained from the Villavieja Formation, which consists of alternating beds of claystone, silt stone and sandstone. The Villavieja Formation is subdivided into four members: the Molina, Los Mangos Red, Las Lajas and Tatacoa Red Members (in ascending order). The “Monkey Unit” of Fields (1959), which is very famous for yielding many primate fossils, corresponds to the lower part of the Molina Member. The present materials were recovered from the Masato Site, which corresponds to the lowest part of the Tatacoa Red Member.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. Takai. 1994. New specimens of Neosaimiri fieldsi from La Venta, Colombia: a middle Miocene ancestor of the living squirrel monkeys. Journal of Human Evolution 27:329-360 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cardenas ]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 186573: authorized by Andrés Cárdenas, entered by Laura Mora-Rojas on 26.06.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Neosaimiri fieldsi Stirton 1951 squirrel monkey Stirton 1951 Specimen nº IGM-KU 89004 89008 89009 89010 89011 89012 89013 89014 89015 89016 89017 89018 89035 89036 89037 89040 89043 89046 89047 89048 89049 89051 89052 89054 89055 89056 89057 89065 89068 89070 89071 89072 89073 89074 89075 89076 89077 89078 89091 89094 89097 89003 89101 89104 89108 89110 89112 89114 89115 89118 89120 89127 88001 89005 89006 89007 89020 89021 89022 89023 89025 89027 89028 89029 89032 89033 89034 89039 89041 89042 89044 89045 89050 89053 89058 89059 89060 89061 89063 89064 89066 89079 89080 89081 89082 89084 89085 89086 89088 89090 89092 89093 89095 89096 89098 89105 89106 89111 89116 89117 89128 89131 89136 89140 89142 89143 89146 89154 89155 89157 89160 90001 90002 90003 90004 90005 90006 90007 90008 90009 90010 90011 90012 90022 90025 90026 90027 90028 90029 90030 90031 90032 89121 89122 89123 89124 89125 89129 89130 89132 89133 89134 89135 89137 89138 89139 89144 89145 89147 89150 89151 89152 89153 89156 90015 90016 90017 90018 90019 90020 90023 90024 90033 90034 90035 90036
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