Arctodictis Monkey Beds - Marshall (Miocene of Colombia)

Also known as V4521

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

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Laventan mammal zone, Baraya Member (Villavieja Formation), Laventan (13.8 - 11.8 Ma)

• Monkey Beds

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, muddy mudstone

• Greenish gray mudstone with medium grained sandstones and redish brown sandy mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. G. Marshall. 1978. Evolution of the Borhyaenidae, extinct South American predaceous marsupials. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 117:1-89 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 195258: authorized by Andrés Cárdenas, entered by Laura Mora-Rojas on 31.07.2018

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Sparassodonta - Borhyaenidae
Arctodictis sp. Mercerat 1891 metatherian
Specimen nº UCMP 39250