Cantera Barrera, Norte de Rotinet: Pleistocene, Colombia
collected by Caro
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Haplomastodon waringi
Holland 1920
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Geography
| Country: | Colombia | State/province: | Atlantico |
| Coordinates: | 10.5° North, 75.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.6° North, 74.8° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0.0117 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Rotinet |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gravel |
| Secondary lithology: | lenticular sandstone |
| Lithology description: The unit is composed of gravel and sandstones with some mudstone lenses | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collectors: | Caro |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Gravas de Rotinet | ||
| Database number: | 145518 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | M. Vallejo |
| Modifier: | M. Kouvari | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-06-04 23:20:57 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2015-06-04 23:20:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 37161. | fossil record | C. Villarroel and J. Clavijo. 2005. Los Mamiferos Fosiles y las Edades de las Sedimentitas Continentales del Neogeno de la Costa Caribe Colombiana. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales 29(112):345-356 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Vallejo] |