Duke locality 140 (Miocene of Colombia)

Where: Huila, Colombia (3.2° N, 75.2° W: paleocoordinates 2.6° N, 72.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Villavieja Formation (Honda Group), Laventan (13.8 - 11.0 Ma)

• Polonia Red Beds

Environment/lithology: fluvial; claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Duke University - Ingeominas

Primary reference: F. J. Goin. 1997. New clues for understanding Neogene marsupial radiation. In R. F. Kay, R. H. Madden, J. J. Flynn. (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 187-206 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 187960: authorized by Andrés Cárdenas, entered by Laura Mora-Rojas on 19.08.2017

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Sparassodonta - Borhyaenidae
Dukecynus magnus Goin 1997 metatherian
Specimen n° IGM 251149