Duke locality 12 (Dina Oilfield) - 12A (Miocene of Colombia)

Where: Huila, Colombia (3.2° N, 75.3° W: paleocoordinates 2.6° N, 72.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Baraya Member (Villavieja Formation), Laventan (13.8 - 11.0 Ma)

• Clay level correlated with Monkey Beds

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. G. McDonald. 1997. Xenarthrans: Pilosans. In R.F. Kay, R.H. Madden, J.J. Flynn (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 233-245 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/L. Mora-Rojas]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 187961: authorized by Andrés Cárdenas, entered by Laura Mora-Rojas on 19.08.2017

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
  - Mylodontidae
"Pseudoprepotherium confusum" = Magdalenabradys confusum
"Pseudoprepotherium confusum" = Magdalenabradys confusum Hirschfeld 1985 edentate
Specimen n° 182720, 182719
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
cf. Hapalops sp. Ameghino 1887 edentate
Specimen n° IGM 182715