IGM-DU Locality 90: Laventan, Colombia
collected by Duke University-Ingeominas 1988
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cebidae
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Lagonimico conclucatus
Kay 1994
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| IGM 184531 (22 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Molossidae
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Potamops mascahehenes
Czaplewski 1997
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Czaplewski 1997 | |||||||||
| IGM 184349 (11 measurements) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Colombia | State/province: | Huila |
| Coordinates: | 3.7° North, 74.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.1° North, 72.0° 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 | ||
| Age estimate: | 13.5 Ma (paleomagnetic) |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Honda | Formation: | La Victoria | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: The locality is situated stratigraphically between the Chunchullo and Tatacoa Sandstone Units (Guerrero, 1990, in press), a part of the El Libano Sands and Clays unit of Fields (1959). This locality comes from within a measured stratigraphic section approximately 320 m stratigraphically above the contact with Jurassic volcanics at Cerro
Gordo and 230 m below the Monkey Unit of Fields (Fields, 1959). It is found within the La Victoria Formation (=La Dorada Fm of Wellman, 1970 in part), Honda Group (Guerrero, 1990, in press). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | microfossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Duke University-Ingeominas | Collection dates: | 1988 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Duke Locality 90, La Venta | ||
| Database number: | 144401 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | M. Vallejo |
| Modifier: | J. Carrillo | ||
| Created: | 2013-05-07 02:54:49 | Last modified: | 2014-04-14 16:21:31 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2016-05-07 02:54:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46681. | R. F. Kay. 1994. "Giant" tamarin from the Miocene of Colombia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 95(3):333-353 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas] |
Secondary references:
| 46980 | N. J. Czaplewski. 1997. Chiroptera. In R. F. Kay, R. H. Madden, J. J. Flynn. (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 410-431 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas] | |
| 50755 | R. H. Madden, J. Guerrero, R. F. Kay, J. J. Flynn, C. C. Swischer and A. H. Walton. 1997. The Laventan Stage and Age. In R.F. Kay, R.H. Madden, R.L. Cifelli, J.J. Flynn (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta 499-519 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo] |