Rodent locality La Victoria Fm. (Miocene of Colombia)

Also known as "Olenopsis" sp. Walton 1997

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

• Unit between Chunchullo Ss Beds and Tatacoa Ss. Beds

Environment/lithology: fluvial; siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. H. Walton. 1997. Rodents. In R. F. Kay, R. H. Madden, J. J. Flynn. (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 392-409 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 195253: authorized by Andrés Cárdenas, entered by Laura Mora-Rojas on 30.07.2018

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Dinomyidae
Olenopsis sp. Ameghino 1889 caviomorph
Specimen nº IGM 250490 This specimen was reported as "Olenopsis" sp., small, adult.