Fish bed - Duke locality: Laventan, Colombia
collected by INGEOMINAS - Duke University 1985 - 1991

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Potamotrygonidae
cf. Potamotrygonidae indet.
Gen. et sp. indet. Specimen nº 251283
Actinopteri - Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Cichlidae indet. Heckel 1840
Specimen nº IGM 253282, 253283, 253284, 253285, 253286, 253287, 253288, 253289, 253290, 253291, 253292, 253293, 253298
Actinopteri - Characiformes - Cynodontidae
Hydrolycus sp. Lundberg 1997
Specimen n° IGM 183692
Actinopteri - Characiformes - Characidae
Characidae indet.
Serrasalmus, Pygocentrus or Pristobrycon sp. - Specimen nº IGM 251277
Colossoma macropomum Cuvier 1818
Specimen n° IGM 253265
cf. Tetragonopterinae indet. Lundberg 1997
Gen. et sp. indet. IGM 184787
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Loricariidae
cf. Acanthicus sp. Lundberg 1997
Specimen nº IGM 183605, 253280, 184190
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Pimelodidae
Brachyplatystoma cf. vaillanti Lundberg 1997
Specimen nº IGM 184790, 183543, 183605, 184079
Phractocephalus hemiliopterus Lundberg 1997
Specimen nº IGM 253267
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Siluridae
cf. Pimelodus sp. Lacepede
Specimen nº IGM 253272, 183541, 184099, 250426, 183606, 253273
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Callitrichtyidae
cf. Hoplosternum sp. Lundberg 1997
Specimen nº IGM 253268
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Doradidae
Doradidae indet.
Specimen nº 253279
Reptilia
Colubroidea indet. Oppel 1811
Hecht and LaDuke 1997
Specimen nº IGM 184185
Reptilia - Aniliidae
cf. Aniliidae indet. Fitzinger 1826
Hecht and LaDuke 1997
Specimen nº IGM 183533
Reptilia - Suliformes - Anhingidae
cf. Anhinga grandis Martin and Mengel 1975
Rasmussen 1997
Specimen n° IGM 183485
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Molossidae
Molossidae indet. Gervais 1856
Czaplewski et al. 2003
Specimen n° IGM 250331. 250332, 250338, 250996
Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Caviidae indet. Gray 1821
Walton 1990
Specimen n° IGM-DU 88-667a, IGM-DU 88-667b (these specimens were classified as Eodolichotis sp. or Prodolichotis sp.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dasyproctidae
Microscleromys paradoxalis Walton 1990
Walton 1990
Walton 1990 (Specimen n° IGM-DU 89-696, IGM-DU 88-823, IGM-DU 85-410, IGM-DU 89-671); Walton 1997 (Specimens nº IGM 250319, IGM 250308, IGM 250321, IGM 251040)
Microscleromys ? paradoxalis Walton 1990
Walton 1990
Specimen n° IGM-DU 85-411
Microscleromys cribriphilus Walton 1990
Walton 1997
Specimens nº IGM 251020, IGM 250303, IGM 251018, IGM 250283, IGM 250320
Mammalia - Rodentia
Acarechimys minutissimus Ameghino 1887
Walton 1990
Walton 1990 - Specimen n° IGM-DU 89-692, IGM-DU 89-691, IGM-DU 89-690, IGM-DU 85-412, IGM-DU 89-683, UNC TAT 21
Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae
Echimyidae indet. Gray 1825
Walton 1997
Specimen n° IGM 250295 juvenile, right ?P4
Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Theosodon sp. Ameghino 1887
Cifelli and Guerrero Diaz 1997
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonychidae indet. Gervais 1855
McDonald 1997
Specimen n° IGM 183936
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Pseudoprepotherium confusum Hirschfeld 1985
McDonald 1997
recombined as Magdalenabradys confusum
Specimen n° IGM 183501, 183502, 184130, 184478
Dipnomorpha - Lepidosirenidae
Lepidosiren sp. Fitzinger 1837
Bondesio and Pascual 1977
Specimen nº UCPM 113727, 113728, 113729, 113730, 1138015
Lepidosiren paradoxa Fitzinger 1837
Lungfish, Specimen n° IGM 183677, IGM 183568, 184078
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia State/province:Huila County:Villavieja
Coordinates: 3.2° North, 75.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.6° North, 72.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5-6
Key time interval:Laventan Mammal zone: Laventan
Age range of interval:13.70000 - 10.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Honda Formation:Villavieja
Stratigraphy comments: Fish Beds - Green claystone and mudstone is characterized by enormous quantities of disarticulated fish remains
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Geology comments: The Fish Bed appears to be a lake or swamp deposit...at least 10 km in diameter
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:INGEOMINAS - Duke University Collection dates:1985 - 1991
Metadata
Database number:186683
Authorizer:A. Cárdenas Enterer:L. Mora-Rojas
Modifier:L. Mora-Rojas
Created:2017-06-30 12:18:54 Last modified:2018-07-27 12:06:25
Access level:group members Released:2017-12-30 12:18:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
62588. J. Lundberg. 1997. Freshwater Fishes and their paleobiotic implications. In R. Kay, R. Madden, R. Cifelli, J. Flynn (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene Fauna from La Venta, Colombia 67-91 [A. Cárdenas/L. Mora-Rojas/P. Holroyd]

Secondary references:

62643 P. Bondesio and R. Pascual. 1977. Restos de Lepidosirenidae (Osteichthyes, Dipnoi) del Grupo Honda (Mioceno Tardío) de Colombia. Sus denotaciones paleoambientales. Asociación Geológica Argentina 17(1):34-43 [A. Cárdenas/L. Mora-Rojas]
46945 R. L. Cifelli and J. Guerrero Diaz. 1997. Litopterns. In R. Kay, R.H. Madden, J.J. Flynn (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 289-302 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/L. Mora-Rojas]
47088 N. J. Czaplewski, M. Takai, T. M. Naeher, N. Shigehara, and T. Setoguchi. 2003. Additional bats from the middle Miocene La Venta fauna of Colombia. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciecias exactas, físicas y naturales 27(103):263-282 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas]
46863 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. Cárdenas]
62615 M. Hecht and T. LaDuke. 1997. Limbless Tetrapods. In R. Kay, R. Madden, R. Cifelli, J. Flynn (eds.), Vertebrate paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia [A. Cárdenas/L. Mora-Rojas]
46925 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]
63090 T. Rasmussen. 1997. Birds. In R. Kay, R. Madden, R. Cifelli, J. Flynn (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene Fauna of La Venta, Colombia 171-184 [A. Cárdenas/L. Mora-Rojas]
45865 A. H. Walton. 1990. Rodents of the La Venta Fauna, Miocene, Colombia: Biostratigraphy and Paleoenvironmentl implications. Southern Methodist University 1-147 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo]
46973 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. Cárdenas]