Duke locality 106 (Miocene of Colombia)

Where: Huila, Colombia (3.3° N, 75.1° 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 Tatacoa Sandstone Beds

Environment/lithology: fluvial; siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. J. Goin. 1997. New clues for understanding Neogene marsupial radiation. In R. F. Kay, R. H. Madden, J. J. Flynn. (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 187-206 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 187957: authorized by Andrés Cárdenas, entered by Laura Mora-Rojas on 19.08.2017

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Rhodanodolichotis sp.3 Walton 1990 mara
Specimen nº IGM-DU 89-113
 Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Theosodon sp.1 Ameghino 1887 placental
Specimens without precise location
 Notoungulata - Leontiniidae
Huilatherium pluripicatum2 Villarroel and Guerrero Diaz 1985 notoungulate
Specimen n° IGM 250448
 Metatheria -
Sparassodonta indet. Ameghino 1894 metatherian
Fam. et gen. indet. Specimen n° IGM 250475
 Sparassodonta - Hondadelphidae
Hondadelphidae indet. Marshall et al. 1989 metatherian
Hondadelphys? Specimen n° IGM 250471