UCMP Locality V4517 : Laventan, Colombia
collected by R. W. Fields, Henao-Londoño 1949
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Atelidae
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Homunculus tatacoensis
Stirton 1951
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| Specimen n° UCMP 39204 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cebidae
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Neosaimiri fieldsi
Stirton 1951
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| Stirton 1951 Specimen N°39205 (8 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Interatheriidae
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Miocochilius anomopodus
Stirton 1953
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Stirton 1953 | |||||||||
| Stirton 1953 Specimen N° 37913, 39231, 39234 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Colombia | State/province: | Huila |
| Coordinates: | 3.3° North, 75.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.7° North, 72.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Laventan | Mammal zone: | Laventan |
| Age range of interval: | 13.7 - 10.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Honda | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Monkey beds | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown conglomeratic sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Approximately 8 meters of gray clays overlying concretionary sandstones, wich rests on the conglomerates conspicuously exposed in middle of Villavieja-Cerro Gordo section | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Abundance in sediment: | few |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 1 specimens | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | UCMP | ||
| Collectors: | R. W. Fields, Henao-Londoño | Collection dates: | 1949 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Neosaimiri Cerro Gordo | ||
| Database number: | 133688 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo, A. Cárdenas | Enterer: | M. Vallejo, L. Mora-Rojas |
| Modifier: | L. Mora-Rojas | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-09-25 03:57:32 | Last modified: | 2017-07-12 16:40:46 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2015-09-25 03:57:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43079. | R. A. Stirton. 1951. Ceboid monkeys from the Miocene of Colombia. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 28(11):315-356 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas] |
Secondary references:
| 50755 | R. H. Madden, J. Guerrero, R. F. Kay, J. J. Flynn, C. C. Swischer and A. H. Walton. 1997. The Laventan Stage and Age. 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 499-519 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo] | |
| 43342 | R. A. Stirton. 1953. A new genus of interatheres from the Miocene of Colombia. California University Department of Geological Sciences B 29(6):265-347 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas] |