Huilabradys magdaleniensis LV-4-11 (Miocene of Colombia)

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

• Paleocoordinates: 4.0° N, 71.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Baraya Member (Villavieja Formation), Laventan (13.8 - 11.0 Ma)

• Monkey Beds

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; claystone and siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Villarroel. 1998. Los Nothrotheriinae (Megatheriidae, Gravigrada) del Mioceno de La Venta (Colombia). Descripcion de Huilabradys magdaleniensis, nuevos genero y especie. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias 22(18):497-506 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 188250: authorized by Andrés Cárdenas, entered by Laura Mora-Rojas on 26.08.2017

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Megatherioidea - Nothrotheriidae
Huilabradys magdaleniensis Villarroel 1998 edentate
Specimen n° LV-4-11