Duke Locality 113 (La Venta Fauna): Laventan, Colombia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Teiidae
Paradracaena colombiana (Estes 1961)
Sullivan and Estes 1997 2 specimens
IGM 250929 (partial left mandible), 250959 (partial right dentary)
Reptilia - Galbuliformes - Galbulidae
Galbula hylochoreutes Rasmussen 1997
Rasmussen 1997
Specimen n° IGM 250565
Mammalia - Sparassodonta - Hondadelphidae
Hondadelphidae indet. Marshall et al. 1989
Goin 1997
Hondadelphys? IGM 250962
Hondadelphys fieldsi Marshall 1976
Goin 1997
Specimen n° IGM 250961 (2 measurements)
Mammalia - Sparassodonta
Lycopsis longirostrus Marshall 1977
Goin 1997
Specimen n° IGM 250974 (2 measurements)
Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Abderitidae
Pithiculites chenche Dumont and Brown 1997
Dumont and Brown 1997
Specimen n° IGM 250941 (3 measurements)
Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae
Villarroelia totoyoi Cifelli and Guerrero Diaz 1997
Cifelli and Guerrero Diaz 1997
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Asterostemma gigantea n. gen., n. sp. Carlini et al. 1997
1 individual
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Neonematherium flabellatum Ameghino 1904
McDonald 1997
Specimen n° IGM 250966
Mammalia - Sirenia - Trichechidae
Potamosiren magdalenensis Savage 1951
Domning 1997
Specimen n° IGM 250927
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia
Coordinates: 3.3° North, 75.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.1° North, 71.5° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5-6
*Period:Middle Tertiary - Late/Upper Tertiary *Epoch:Middle Miocene
*Local age/stage:Friasian
Key time interval: Laventan
Age range of interval: 13.7 - 10.9 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Honda Formation:La Victoria
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "About 50 m stratigraphically above the Chunchullo Sandstone Beds"

Note: This collection had a Friasian age but this must be the Friasian sensu lato, that includes the Friasian sensu stricto, Mayoan and Laventan. La Victoria formation is now considered of Laventan age (Flynn et al., 1997).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:pebbly,volcaniclastic,gray sandstone
Secondary lithology:ferruginous,shelly/skeletal,gray,green,red mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: The La Victoria Formation has "coarse- to fine-grained pebbly lithic arenites with important amounts of volcanic fragments and plagioclase alternating vertically and laterally with reddish-brown and greenish-gray mudstone. The mudstones are very rich in fossil vertebrates"
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Fragmentation:extreme
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:13750
Authorizer:J. Alroy, C. Jaramillo, R. Benson, A. Cárdenas Enterer:J. Wertheim, M. Vallejo, R. Benson, L. Mora-Rojas
Modifier:M. Kouvari Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-04-23 13:41:37 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2002-04-23 13:41:37
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
6139.5% 4560A. A. Carlini, S. F. Vizcaino, and G. J. Scillato-Yane. 1997. Armored Xenarthrans: A unique taxonomic and ecologic assemblage. Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics; The Miocene Fauna of La Venta, Colombia (R. F. Kay, R. H. Madden, R. L. Cifelli, and J. J. Flynn, eds.; Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington) [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/L. Mora-Rojas]

Secondary references:

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]
46972 D. P. Domning. 1997. Sirenia. In R. F. Kay, R. H. Madden, J. J. Flynn. (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 383-391 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas]
46923 E. R. Dumont and T. M. Brown. 1997. New Caenolestoid Marsupials. In R.F. Kay, R. H. Madden, J. J. Flynn. (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 207-212 [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]
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]
37924 R. M. Sullivan and R. Estes. 1997. A reassessment of the fossil Tupinambinae. 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, Columbia [R. Benson/R. Benson]