N of Cerro Gordo - Eucholoeops 1-V-89-1 and 2 (Miocene of Colombia)

Where: Huila, Colombia (3.3° N, 75.1° W: paleocoordinates 2.7° N, 72.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Probably at the Unit below Cerro Gordo Sandstone Beds ("oldest beds of La Victoria Fm." Villarroel 1988)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

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 188252: authorized by Andrés Cárdenas, entered by Laura Mora-Rojas on 26.08.2017

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Eucholoeops aff. fronto Ameghino 1891 edentate
Specimens n° 1-V-89-1 and 1-V-89-2