Stratigraphic level C (Miocene of Colombia)

Also known as Boreostemma IGM p182963

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

• Paleocoordinates: 4.1° N, 71.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Unit below Chunchullo Sandstone Beds

Environment/lithology: fluvial; claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. E. Zurita, L. R. González Ruiz, A. J. Gómez-Cruz and J. E. Arenas-Mosquera. 2013. The most complete known Neogene Glyptodontidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) from northern South America: taxonomic, paleobiogeographic, and phylogenetic implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(3):696-708 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 188256: authorized by Andrés Cárdenas, entered by Laura Mora-Rojas on 26.08.2017

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Boreostemma acostae Villarroel 1983 glyptodon
Specimen n° IGM p182963