Duke locality 102 (Miocene of Colombia)

Where: Huila, Colombia (3.3° N, 75.2° W: paleocoordinates 2.7° N, 72.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Chunchullo Sandstone Beds

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone and conglomeratic sandstone

• Medium to coarse sandstone beds with horizons of conglomeratic sandstone and coarse pebble conglomerate (Guerrero 1997)

Size class: macrofossils

• IGM 184613

Collected by INGEOMINAS - Duke University in 1985 - 1991

Primary reference: J. Lundberg. 1997. Freshwater Fishes and their paleobiotic implications. In R. Kay, R. Madden, R. Cifelli, J. Flynn (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene Fauna from La Venta, Colombia 67-91 [A. Cardenas /L. Mora-Rojas/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 186664: authorized by Andrés Cárdenas, entered by Laura Mora-Rojas on 29.06.2017

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Ceratodontiformes - Lepidosirenidae
Lepidosiren paradoxa
Lepidosiren paradoxa Fitzinger 1837 South American lungfish
Specimen nº 184613
Mammalia
 Notoungulata - Leontiniidae
Huilatherium pluripicatum3
Huilatherium pluripicatum3 Villarroel and Guerrero Diaz 1985 notoungulate
Specimen nº IGM 184616
  - Mylodontidae
Glossotheriopsis pascuali1
Glossotheriopsis pascuali1 Scillato-Yané 1976 edentate
Specimen nº IGM 184605
Reptilia
 Squamata - Teiidae
"Paradracaena colombiana" = Dracaena colombiana2
"Paradracaena colombiana" = Dracaena colombiana2 Estes 1961 caiman lizard
Specimen nº 184622
1McDonald 1997; 2Sullivan and Estes 1997; 3Villarroel and Colwell Danis 1997