Arcillas San Nicolas: Laventan, Colombia
collected by Hoffstetter, R. and Etayo-Serna, F. 1980
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Glyptodontidae
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Asterostemma acostae
Villarroel 1983
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| Villarroel 1983 Holotype ICN-P-225-1, Hypodigm ICN-P-225-2, DG-16-IX-80/3, DG-16-IX-80/2, ICN-P-158, ICN-P-147, ICN-P-148, ICN-P-149 (9 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Colombia | State/province: | Huila |
| Coordinates: | 3.3° North, 75.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.1° North, 71.6° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Laventan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 13.7 - 10.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Honda | Formation: | La Victoria | Member: | Cerbatana |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: This collection had formation: Cerbatana, but Cerbatana is not a formation but a group of beds, part of the upper La Victoria formation of the Honda group (Flynn et al., 1997). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | microfossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Hoffstetter, R. and Etayo-Serna, F. | Collection dates: | September 1980 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Asterostemma San Nicolas | ||
| Database number: | 139894 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | M. Vallejo |
| Modifier: | M. Kouvari | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-02-20 05:47:07 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2016-02-20 05:47:07 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 44927. | C. Villarroel. 1983. Descripcion de Asterostemma? acostae, nueva especie de propalaehoplophorino (Glyptodontidae, Mammalia) del Mioceno de La Venta, Colombia. Geologia Norandina 7:29-34 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/L. Mora-Rojas] |
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] |