Coyaima 5: Laventan, Colombia
collected by R. A. Stirton
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Astrapotheria
- Astrapotheriidae
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Granastrapotherium snorki
Johnson and Madden 1997
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Johnson and Madden 1997 | |||||||||
| UCMP 38397 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Sebecidae
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Sebecus sp.
Stirton 1953
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Geography
| Country: | Colombia | State/province: | Tolima |
| Coordinates: | 3.8° North, 75.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.6° North, 71.6° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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 |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | ferruginous conglomeratic sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Ferruginous conglomeratic sandstone | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
| Collectors: | R. A. Stirton |
| Taxonomic list comments:A further description of the fossils is made by R. A. Stirton in 1953 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UCMP V-4415 | ||
| Database number: | 143779 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | P. Mannion, M. Vallejo |
| Modifier: | J. Carrillo | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-04-25 22:00:16 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-25 22:00:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46538. | W. Langston. 1965. Fossil crocodilians from Colombia and the Cenozoic history of the Crocodilia in South America. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 52:1-169 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 43668 | S. E. Johnson and R. H. Madden. 1997. Uruguaytheriine Astrapotheres of Tropical South America. 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, Colombia 355-382 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/L. Mora-Rojas] | |
| 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] |