Duke locality 132 (Miocene of Colombia)

Where: Huila, Colombia (3.3° N, 75.2° W: paleocoordinates 2.7° N, 72.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: La Victoria Formation (Honda Group), Laventan (13.8 - 11.8 Ma)

• Unit above Chunchullo Ss. Beds

Environment/lithology: fluvial; siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. M. Sullivan and R. Estes. 1997. A reassessment of the fossil Tupinambinae. In R. F. Kay, R. H. Madden, R. l. Cifelli, J. J. Flynn (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics; the Miocene fauna of La Venta, Columbia [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 187949: authorized by Andrés Cárdenas, entered by Laura Mora-Rojas on 18.08.2017

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
  - Mylodontidae
Neonematherium flabellatum2 Ameghino 1904 edentate
Specimen n° IGM 251218
Glossotheriopsis pascuali2 Scillato-Yané 1976 edentate
Specimen n° IGM 251213
 Notoungulata - Leontiniidae
Huilatherium pluripicatum3 Villarroel and Guerrero Diaz 1985 notoungulate
Specimen n° IGM 251207
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Marmosini indet.1 Reig et al. 1987 opossum
Specimen n° IGM 251214
 Sparassodonta - Hondadelphidae
Hondadelphidae indet.1 Marshall et al. 1989 metatherian
Specimen n° IGM 251215
 Sparassodonta - Borhyaenidae
Borhyaenidae indet.1 metatherian
Thylacosmilidae? fam. et gen. incertae sedis Specimen n° IGM 251108
Reptilia
 Squamata - Teiidae
"Paradracaena colombiana" = Dracaena colombiana
"Paradracaena colombiana" = Dracaena colombiana Estes 1961 caiman lizard
Specimen n° IGM 251105