Curiti: Lujanian, Colombia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Mammalia - Cervidae
Mazama sp. Rafinesque 1817
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Tayassu pecari (Link 1795)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Mammalia - Soricidae
Cryptotis sp. Pomel 1848
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia
Coordinates: 7.1° North, 73.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Lujanian
Age range of interval: 0.4 - 0.0117 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Geology comments: between 7000 and 20000 years bp by radiocarbon (not specifically mentioned)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:71291
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:K. Sears
Modifier:M. Kouvari
Created:1999-02-10 10:32:51 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-02-10 10:32:51
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
24108. J. D. Porta. 1969. Les Vertebres Fossiles de Colombie et les Problemes poses par L'Isolement du Continent Sud-Americain. Palaeovertebrata 2:77-94 [J. Alroy/K. Sears]