UCMP V-4541: Laventan, Colombia
collected by J. Royo y Gomez 1945
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Caiman neivensis
(Mook 1941)
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Langston 1965 | |||||||||
| recombined as Purussaurus neivensis | ||||||||||
| UCMP 45719 (skull lacking the skull table and much of the rostrum) | ||||||||||
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Sebecosuchia indet.
Colbert 1946
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Langston 1965 | |||||||||
| UCMP 37983 (tooth) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Interatheriidae
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Miocochilius anomopodus
Stirton 1953
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| Stirton 1953 Holotype n°38409 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sparassodonta
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Lycopsis longirostrus
Marshall 1977
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Marshall 1977 | |||||||||
| UCMP 38061 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Colombia | State/province: | Huila |
| Coordinates: | 3.3° North, 75.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.7° North, 72.6° West | ||
| 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: | 13.70000 - 10.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Honda | Formation: | Villavieja | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Monkey Unit
The Honda Group is constrained by radiometric and paleomagnetic evidence to between approximately 13.5 Ma–11.8 Ma (Flynn et al., 1996; Guerrero, 1996; Madden et al., 1996). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown,gray claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Gray to brownish shaley clays between concretionary sandstones | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Abundance in sediment: | abundant |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | UCMP | ||
| Collectors: | J. Royo y Gomez | Collection dates: | 1945 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lone Tree Locality; UCMP V-4521 | ||
| Database number: | 135373 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Vallejo, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-10-24 08:21:25 | Last modified: | 2022-02-14 10:54:21 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2017-10-24 08:21:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43342. | R. A. Stirton. 1953. A new genus of interatheres from the Miocene of Colombia. California University Department of Geological Sciences B 29(6):265-347 [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] | |
| 43661 | L. G. Marshall. 1977. A New Species of Lycopsis (Borhyaenidae: Marsupialia) from the La Venta Fauna (Late Miocene) of Colombia, South America. Journal of Paleontology 51(3):633-642 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas] |