Scleromys Carmen de Apicala: Laventan, Colombia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Dinomyidae
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| Fields 1957 | ||||||||||
| Stehlin 1940 - Specimen UCMP n°40557, 40556, 40555 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Sebecosuchia indet.
Colbert 1946
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Langston 1965 | |||||||||
| UCMP 44566 (tooth) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Alligatoridae
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Alligatoridae indet.
Gray 1844
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Langston 1965 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Colombia | State/province: | Tolima |
| Coordinates: | 4.1° North, 74.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.9° North, 71.1° 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: | 13.8 - 11 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Honda |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | mire/swamp |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,bone collector |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Abundance in sediment: | abundant |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UCMP V4421 | ||
| Database number: | 133780 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Vallejo, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Kouvari | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-09-28 12:18:41 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2015-09-28 12:18:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43121. | R. W. Fields. 1957. Hystricomorph rodents from the late Miocene of Colombia, South America. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 32:273-404 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 46798 | H. G. Stehlin. 1940. Ein Nager aus dem Miocaen von Columbien. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 32:179-183 [C. Jaramillo/C. Suarez-Gomez] |